
AI: Meta Considers Renting Out Its Computing Power
The AI gold rush isn't just about algorithms, it's also about the shovels: computing power. And Meta, which has plenty of shovels, is thinking about renting some out.
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The AI gold rush isn't just about algorithms, it's also about the shovels: computing power. And Meta, which has plenty of shovels, is thinking about renting some out.

Facebook grew into an AI giant. Now it wants to rent its power to anyone, including you. A new business is on the horizon.

While the US argues about AI rules, China is already laying the groundwork for tomorrow's computing arms race. And it's not playing with pocket change—nearly $300 billion in play to own the infrastructure that actually matters.
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What if you could build a data center the way you assemble Ikea furniture—except it actually works the first time? China just proved it's possible. The country's first prefabricated computing power hub is now live, and it's about to make traditional data center construction look like ancient history.

While everyone's arguing about who'll have the best AI chips, Google just did something weird: buy computing power from a company that literally launches rockets into space. The price tag? $920 million a month, through 2029.