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reACTIONary

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7. OK, I'll look into it, but...

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 11:48 AM

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.... It doesn't make much sense to me. Data centers are building their own capacity, and paying for extra capacity, so they are on the supply side, not just the demand side.

Sometimes, when something negative develops (inflation), whatever the latest bad-fad that's around gets the blame.

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