How Long is the Fiber in a 1GW Data Center?
jwt0625 · x · 2026-07-14
The author poses a comparative question: which is longer, the total length of fiber optic cable in a 1GW AI data center or the total length of nerve fibers in a young adult human brain? Without providing an answer, the post serves more as an intuition test regarding the sheer scale of AI data centers.
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