If a data center is camouflaged in the woods, will anyone hate it?
TL;DR
San Antonio City Councilmember Ric Galvan remembers when data centers first arrived in his city in the 2000s, looking like relatively unassuming office buildings. But that's changed in recent years, as data centers have grown into massive "hyperscale" facilities spanning millions of square feet and housing the physical infrastructure for AI.
Nauti's Take
For small AI teams, the infrastructure behind a model matters before the next benchmark: where do the electricity, compute and data come from, and which dependencies follow? When comparing providers, check location, energy sources, outage exposure and possible price increases driven by rising demand as part of the basic procurement review.
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