California Explores Public GPU Infrastructure
Only a few companies can afford to build and study advanced AI models, impacting independent nonprofit research.
Graphics processing units (GPUs) are essential for training and deploying AI models, but are expensive. Big Tech companies like Meta, Microsoft, and xAI have spent billions on hundreds of thousands or millions of GPUs.
California launched the CalCompute initiative to build a public GPU cluster for startups and non-profit researchers. Similar public compute pilots exist in New York state and at the federal level.
Foundational concepts of generative AI were first explored in academia, but recent advances have come from making models bigger, analyzing more data, and using more compute.
Access to computing power has gotten out of reach for those without deep pockets.
Author's summary: California explores public GPU infrastructure for AI research.
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