The Minutes of Dylan Patel on data center https://minutesof.com/dylan-patel/on/data-center/ Everything Dylan Patel has said on data center: 7 verbatim quotes between August 2023 and August 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:18 +0000 Patel says a data center is physically redoing doors to accommodate the double-width Helios racks. https://minutesof.com/q/30c75756-cbf2-48bc-906d-8330005625e8/ https://minutesof.com/q/30c75756-cbf2-48bc-906d-8330005625e8/ “There's a there's a data center that I know of specifically that is going to be deploying Helios, and they are redoing the doors so that they can reel the Helios in.” — Supermicro Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:08:28 +0000 data center Patel says data center power capacity will nearly double from 15-18 gigawatts this year to 30 gigawatts next y https://minutesof.com/q/70599022-7457-468b-b145-3cd24a5f0096/ https://minutesof.com/q/70599022-7457-468b-b145-3cd24a5f0096/ “next year, 30 gigawatts are being added and we think the power is there for it. Wow.” — TBPN Tue, 03 Feb 2026 23:08:03 +0000 data center Patel notes GB200 expanded NVLink from 8 to 72 GPUs and rack power jumped from 10 to 140 kilowatts. https://minutesof.com/q/015334ac-c584-41cb-9262-58aa5ef55a91/ https://minutesof.com/q/015334ac-c584-41cb-9262-58aa5ef55a91/ “Now you have 72 GPUs. And if you go look at the rack, right? It's completely different, right? It's liquid cooled. It's an entire rack that consumes 140 kilowatts, whereas H100 servers consumed 10 kilowatts.” — Together AI Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:23:30 +0000 data center Patel contrasts traditional data centers with minimal retrofit costs against modern GPU deployments requiring https://minutesof.com/q/c3d1a771-4ecb-4560-805b-a76b5104d7a4/ https://minutesof.com/q/c3d1a771-4ecb-4560-805b-a76b5104d7a4/ “it used to be you'd build a data center and there wouldn't really be much retrofits cost, right? You would slide servers in and out, you would rent racks to people.” — Together AI Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:23:30 +0000 data center Patel describes Meta's temporary tent-like data centers designed for single GPU generation lifecycles instead https://minutesof.com/q/58feca5e-d55d-4e54-b391-6299edb91e6d/ https://minutesof.com/q/58feca5e-d55d-4e54-b391-6299edb91e6d/ “Meta has got a data center design that's only built to last for a single generation. They put them in these tent buildings.” — Together AI Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:23:30 +0000 data center Patel says NVIDIA is shipping more GPU flops this year than in its entire data center history combined. https://minutesof.com/q/234de4bb-be7b-4a2f-a173-c5f9da008904/ https://minutesof.com/q/234de4bb-be7b-4a2f-a173-c5f9da008904/ “There's more GPU flops shipping this year that NVIDIA shipped their entire history for the data center.” — The Inside View Wed, 09 Aug 2023 15:00:23 +0000 data center