by Konstantin Pilz, July 2023
This comment relates insights on data centers from my initial report to their role in AI development and governance. It focuses on aspects of data center infrastructure, an abstraction that includes both how hardware is set up within data centers and the supporting systems it requires.
The first part presents figures and models for understanding how data center infrastructure impacts AI development, building upon the compute governance frameworks, as presented by Heim, 2023. The second part explores how data centers can be an opportunity for AI governance.