[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-nvidia-eyes-130-old-telco-buildings-as-small-data-centers":10,"sections":41},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":36,"feedback":40,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":40,"total_tokens":40},12545,"nvidia-eyes-130-old-telco-buildings-as-small-data-centers","Nvidia Eyes 130 Old Telco Buildings as Small Data Centers","Nvidia is reportedly in talks with Brightspeed to turn its roughly 130 buildings into small data centers that may face less red tape than new builds.","Nvidia is in talks with internet provider Brightspeed about converting some of its roughly 130 buildings into small data centers, according to The Information.\n\nThe pitch went first to executives at Apollo Global Management, Brightspeed's parent company. They asked Nvidia for written plans, and Nvidia has since asked for more data and site visits. Nvidia estimates the sites could together supply about 1 gigawatt of compute, enough for more than 2,200 Supermicro Vera Rubin NVL72 racks. Each rack holds 72 Rubin GPUs and 36 Vera CPUs, which works out to more than 158,000 GPUs.\n\nThe appeal is that telco buildings were built to carry data and voice traffic, and many already have the power supply. They are not plug-and-play, though. Nvidia would still need to add cooling and supporting equipment, and local permits would still apply. The source says approval would likely draw less red tape and opposition than a ground-up build.\n\nApollo has a reason to listen. It is involved in a $40 billion deal with SpaceX that would give it around 360,000 Vera Rubin GPUs. The Brightspeed sites would hold less than half that, but they could give some of those chips a home sooner. Who would own the chips in Brightspeed's buildings is unclear.\n\nThe design fits a shift in how AI gets run. One big cluster is still preferred for training models, but Nvidia has described smaller sites working together as an inference network, meaning a system for running finished models. That matters more as AI agents use five to 10 times more tokens than humans. OpenAI and Anthropic have both been considering similar setups as larger facilities face delays and community backlash.\n\nThe political backdrop is sharp. Americans overwhelmingly voted against data centers in the midterm elections, and more than 300 local bans have been enacted. Those bans have so far delayed only three existing projects, but the fear is that they will make new development harder. Reusing buildings that already look like infrastructure sidesteps part of that fight. 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