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Many GPU data centers are being located near power sources rather than customers, whereas traditional CPU clusters are located near customers to reduce latency.
Evan Conrad · The Programmable Data Center — Evan Conrad, SF Compute · 20 Oct 2026
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“yeah, a wide area network. So um basically cables that connect the clusters together. A private internet is another way to think about it. Um uh lot of clusters that are being spun up today are like uh they're not attached to um traditional CPU clusters were um”
“Next to the customer for latency reasons, in GPUs they're next to the power. Um wherever the t like you know s you put the data centre next to the power rather than next to the customer.”11:08Report a misattribution
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