On: Apple says it will add 20k jobs, spend $500B, produce AI servers in US

[1970-01-01]

The maths are not adding up.

Assume the human resources at $100,000 per head, and you get $2B/yr. Four years comes to just $8B for human resources. Assume land costs $10B. Assume construction costs $100B.

100+10+8 is $118B

Where is the money actually going?

[whamlastxmas → 1970-01-01]

Apple is not hiring engineers at 100k total cost per person. It’s like three times that.

Operational costs are going to be staggering. These are data centers that use as much power as entire cities.