Meta to spend up to $72B on AI infrastructure in 2025 (techcrunch.com) 9 points by pyman 11mo ago ↗ HN
[–] mgh2 11mo ago ↗ Spend that blood money, prepare for a crash: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44741151
[–] bgwalter 11mo ago ↗ Heavily subsidized by the government:https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/25/meta-massive-data-center-lou...The state offered billions of dollars in tax breaks to win the project, and the local utility will supply three new power plants.People are forced to subsidize their own replacements (if you buy into "AI" promises). [–] bgwalter 11mo ago ↗ Why don't you contradict verbally instead of downvoting? Is your connection to your slop generators broken and you cannot reply any more?
[–] bgwalter 11mo ago ↗ Why don't you contradict verbally instead of downvoting? Is your connection to your slop generators broken and you cannot reply any more?
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The state offered billions of dollars in tax breaks to win the project, and the local utility will supply three new power plants.
People are forced to subsidize their own replacements (if you buy into "AI" promises).