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籌到錢只是第一關!馬斯克揭 : AI資料中心想建置「這3件事」得搞定
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籌到錢只是第一關!馬斯克揭 : AI資料中心想建置「這3件事」得搞定

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馬斯克警告,儘管AI資料中心需求強勁,但資金籌措成功不代表企業能建造及營運複雜系統,實際執行面臨電力、冷卻、網路系統等三大挑戰,即使SpaceX擁有頂尖團隊也認為工程極具挑戰性。

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全球科技企業正投入鉅額資金擴建人工智慧資料中心,但市場對投資報酬的擔憂升高,導致AI相關債務形成壓力,投資人要求更高債券殖利率以補償融資風險。

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AI資料中心需求爆棚!馬斯克卻潑冷水:背後3大難關。(法新社)

〔財經頻道/綜合報導〕全球科技企業正投入鉅額資金擴建人工智慧(AI)資料中心,但有錢就一定蓋得出來嗎?特斯拉(Tesla)執行長馬斯克(Elon Musk)警告,市場對超級電腦資料中心的需求依然強勁,但成功籌措資金,不代表企業就有能力建造及營運這些複雜的系統。即使SpaceX擁有世界頂尖的工程團隊,實際執行仍然相當困難。

根據美媒《Benzinga》報導,馬斯克週二在社群平台X發文指出,並不是超級電腦資料中心缺乏需求,事實上相關需求確實非常強勁。不過,他強調,取得資金與真正建造需要龐大電力、冷卻及網路系統的複雜硬體設施,這完全是兩回事。

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馬斯克是在回應一則有關AI信貸市場承壓的貼文。隨著投資人對AI基礎設施投資回報的疑慮升高,市場開始要求更高的債券殖利率,以補償資料中心擴張所帶來的融資風險。

《路透》此前指出,利率上升及對投資報酬的擔憂,正對AI相關債務形成壓力,包括CoreWeave、甲骨文(Oracle)及大型雲端服務商的資料中心融資計畫,都受到市場關注。隨著AI基礎設施掀起大規模借貸潮,投資人也開始檢視,這些計畫未來能否產生足夠的現金流,以支應日益增加的融資成本。

不過,馬斯克認為,真正的問題不在需求,而在企業能否將龐大的投資計畫付諸實現。他表示,SpaceX擁有極為出色的團隊,在將貨物送入軌道的效率方面,表現遠超其他競爭者,但即使如此,團隊仍認為相關工程極具挑戰性。

馬斯克旗下企業本身也正積極擴大AI基礎設施。據報導,其Colossus超級電腦僅花122天便完成建置,之後擴充至20萬顆輝達(Nvidia)H100 GPU,長期規劃朝100萬顆GPU邁進。馬斯克也曾表示,Colossus 2未來可能部署超過120萬顆輝達GB200及GB300晶片。

此外,特斯拉也持續擴大內部AI運算設施。根據第二季申報文件,位於德州的Cortex 1及Cortex 2,已具備超過205MW(百萬瓦)的運算設施容量,並計畫在年底前進一步擴充。

馬斯克的AI基礎設施布局甚至延伸至太空。SpaceX認為,未來軌道資料中心可利用太陽能、輻射散熱及Starlink雷射通訊,避開地面資料中心面臨的部分土地、電網及冷卻限制。

然而,太空資料中心同樣存在嚴峻挑戰。《路透》今年4月引述專家指出,太空資料中心可能面臨極高的發射成本、散熱困難、硬體升級受限,以及惡劣太空環境等工程與經濟問題。

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