Industrially, What You Do More Of Gets Cheaper: The Learning Curve Behind Data Center Costs
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-10-10
Quoting a line from Roots (in the context of data centers and energy costs): "industrially, what you do more of gets cheaper." The author notes this is unintuitive but well-supported by learning curves, scale economies (e.g., base load spreading), and incentives for fixed-cost innovation — and argues the principle applies far beyond data centers across the tech industry.
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