Artificial intelligence: Those two little words that send shivers down some spines and dollar signs flashing in the eyes of others. But have you ever stopped to wonder just what it takes to make these all-knowing machines tick? The answer, my friends, lies not in magic spells or secret formulas, but in giant warehouses filled with blinking servers – server farms so big, they make your local IKEA look like a dollhouse. Microsoft: AI feeding the future Microsoft, that friendly neighborhood software company you know (and maybe even use!), is planning to spend a cool $80 billion this year on building even more of these server strongholds. That's right, folks, with a B! That's more money than some small countries have in their entire piggy banks. Why all this spending? Well, turns out artificial intelligence is a bit of a power guzzler. Think of it like training a super-smart puppy. The more you teach it, the more treats (and electricity) it needs. These server farms ar...
