Data centers turn to commercial aircraft jet engines as AI power crunch bites

Well, that's not great. Gast turbine engines are notoriously inefficient compared to other electric power generation options (1). You use gas turbines when you need a lot of power, but limited volume (jets, warships). A server farm is not that.

1. https://www.nuclear-power.com/nuclear-engineering/thermodyna...

Discussion (32 points, 4 days ago, 38 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45706534

Now there is a jet engine shortage too:

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/turbine-shortage-...