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Datacenters aren't free to run.

You have land taxes and or rent, building upkeep, staffing costs, electricity, water, hardware replacement costs.

And new build DCs have blown all these costs through the roof justifying the decision because the price of compute is so high. When the prices come crashing down, the expenses will remain fixed where they are now.

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