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Data centers turn to commercial aircraft jet engines as AI power crunch bites (tomshardware.com)
10 points by laurex 6 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments





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> According to IEEE Spectrum, facilities in Texas are already spinning up units based on General Electric’s CF6-80C2 and LM6000, the same turbine cores once found on 767s and Airbus A310s.

I wouldn't worry too much about the scaling around power delivery. The oil and gas industry is always one step ahead on this one. They've already got an LM9000 based on the engine found in the 777.

https://www.bakerhughes.com/gas-turbines/aeroderivative-tech...

Something else will be required to pop the AI bubble.




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