SOTA compute rack's idle power matches a blue whale at 1/100th the mass
jwt0625 · x · 2026-08-24
A user notes that a state-of-the-art compute rack's idle power and TDP are remarkably close to a blue whale's numbers, at 100x less mass — the price of lacking an efficient heat exchanger is being big and submerged in water, mostly sitting near idle.
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