Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Buying spare compute is cheaper than buying backup generators, because the servers cost fifty times what the generator does.
Drawn from what Austin Vernon said
Subjectdata centers
What Austin Vernon actually said
- Austin Vernon Engineer and investor who writes quantitative posts…
Installed generators cost ~$800/kW, and the data center capital cost, including servers, is ~$40,000/kW, so adding 1% more makeup compute capacity is money ahead of purchasing generators.
Where this was said
↗How to Make Off Grid Data Centers Affordableaustinvernon.site
All 9 korrents from this piecethis one is 7th
Added to korrents 7 Sept 2026 · How quotes work · Something wrong? Tell us
Do you hold this korrent?Do you also believe this?
I hold this tooRelated korrents
Shared subject first, then similar wording. They may agree or disagree.