US power emissions restrictions are being wiped out, but hey – datacenters running Nvidia kit are getting better at extracting ever bit of compute they can from a megawatt, for what it's worth.
Just when you thought concerns over datacenter power generation in the US couldn't get any worse, the Trump administration gets rid of emissions restrictions on power plants.
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The EPA is also considering getting rid of reporting requirements on small-scale polluters, meaning all those unrestricted emissions at new bit barns might not even be mentioned to the public.
Join host Brandon Vigliarolo, systems editor Tobias Mann, and IT infrastructure reporter Dan Robinson as they discuss these developments and why coal may not come roaring back as a datacenter power source anytime soon.
AI is driving the construction of large datacenters around the US, and people are beginning to push back.
Okay, so that was not announced this week, but more like a 'Hey, yeah, you guys knew this exists, but here's some actual case studies or examples of this functioning in the real world.'.
Like you said, companies using other chips, other designs like AMD kind of setups and everything, they're gonna have to probably invent their own version of this, you know, because Nvidia is creating an opportunity for people to to get more hardware more locked into Nvidia's ecosystem.