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Data centers turn to commercial aircraft jet engines as AI power crunch bites

by pabs3 on 10/30/25, 2:47 AM with 3 comments

• by mojomark on 10/30/25, 3:03 AM

  Well, that's not great. Gast turbine engines are notoriously inefficient compared to other electric power generation options (1). You use gas turbines when you need a lot of power, but limited volume (jets, warships). A server farm is not that.

  1. https://www.nuclear-power.com/nuclear-engineering/thermodyna...

• by gnabgib on 10/30/25, 3:05 AM

  Discussion (32 points, 4 days ago, 38 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45706534

• by pabs3 on 10/30/25, 3:07 AM

  Now there is a jet engine shortage too:

  https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/turbine-shortage-...