Honey, I shrunk the data centres: Is small the new big?

One day the mighty data centre could be toppled into obsolescence by the humble smartphone, said Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on a recent podcast.

Apple's AI system, Apple Intelligence, already runs some features on specialised chips inside the firm's latest range of products.

Microsoft's Copilot+ laptops also include on-device AI processing.

a few years ago I heard about a tiny data centre, the size of a washing machine, that was being operated in Devon, UK. In addition to its computing power, the heat it was releasing was warming a public swimming pool.

He thinks every public building should instead house a small data centre, working in a large network with each other where required, and providing heating as a by-product.