Jonathan Weber
@jsweber.bsky.social
Writer and editor in SF, previously EIC of the SF Standard, the Bay Citizen & the Industry Standard, founder of NewWest.Net. Author of upcoming book on SF in the internet era (S&S, June 2026). Editor at Large at Newcomer.
Doing my best impression here of the incomparable @matt-levine.bsky.social "...multi-billion-dollar data centers are in some sense a three-way trade involving the cost of the chips, the price they can be rented for, and the structure and cost of the financing." www.newcomer.co/p/ai-data-ce...
AI Data Center Mania Conjures the B-Word. Is It Something to Fear?
Plus, the AI names going to Meta & Musk's new X
www.newcomer.co
July 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Doing my best impression here of the incomparable @matt-levine.bsky.social "...multi-billion-dollar data centers are in some sense a three-way trade involving the cost of the chips, the price they can be rented for, and the structure and cost of the financing." www.newcomer.co/p/ai-data-ce...
Good piece on an under-appreciated issue. My old news site, newwest.net, is gone along with its archives. I have a copy of the whole website (circa 2009 )on a thumbdrive but...anyone know how to extract an article database from thousands of nested folders 🙃 www.theverge.com/24321569/int...
New West
newwest.net
December 19, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Good piece on an under-appreciated issue. My old news site, newwest.net, is gone along with its archives. I have a copy of the whole website (circa 2009 )on a thumbdrive but...anyone know how to extract an article database from thousands of nested folders 🙃 www.theverge.com/24321569/int...