A gigawatt of AI compute doesn't need one building
Superintelligence Needs The Supercloud Why the AI Revolution... | PMLS 2025 | Day 3 | Open Source AI (Blockworks)
“One Nvidia GB200 NVL72 rack draws about 120 kW… To reach a gigawatt of compute, about 8,300 of these racks — traditionally that would mean a dozen hyperscale campuses. But with Akash, those racks can be anywhere… We’re not bottlenecked by real estate or substation permits. We route around the constraints… Gigawatt power without a gigawatt footprint.” — 00:11:20
Context: The disaggregation math behind the Star Cluster; spreading infrastructure unlocks cheap energy, localized cooling, and idle-hardware reactivation.