2026-01-11 10:21:38

When it comes to Physical AI, the traditional cloud infrastructure model starts showing cracks. The real demands are tough: compute nodes need to sit right next to hardware to cut latency. You need 24/7 uptime across multiple regions. And you can't just throw everything in one data center—you need the flexibility to scale where demand actually happens.

That's where centralized cloud providers hit their ceiling. The architecture they've built works fine for software workloads, but Physical AI changes the game entirely.

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SmartContractWorker

· 01-12 03:59

It seems that big cloud service providers are also about to face setbacks. Centralized systems are simply not suitable for this kind of scenario. --- Decentralization is indeed necessary for physical AI; otherwise, latency and costs become problematic. --- Exactly, distributed deployment is the way to go. The era of centralized clouds should come to an end. --- Wait, isn't this just praising decentralized infrastructure? I feel like there's a bit of a bias in the tone. --- Hardware close to computing nodes, multi-region fault tolerance... sounds like a complete overhaul of the infrastructure is needed. --- Cloud providers are really facing opponents now. Physical AI directly hits their Achilles' heel. --- 24/7 normal operation with elastic scaling is actually an advantage for decentralized networks. --- They've been broken, for sure. Centralized systems are inherently at a disadvantage. Web3 has long seen through these issues.

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DeadTrades_Walking

· 01-11 14:57

The cloud giants have really been toppled this time, haha --- In the area of distributed infrastructure, Web3 has long understood how to play it right --- To put it simply, the centralized model is inherently flawed and should have been eliminated long ago --- The things that实体AI needs, AWS simply can't provide... this is the real opportunity --- Latency has always been a pain point; it looks like we need to set up our own nodes --- Isn't this the reason for decentralized computing? It makes a lot of sense

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GasOptimizer

· 01-11 10:51

That's why decentralized infrastructure is about to take off. The centralized architecture of cloud giants really can't support the demands of real AI. Distributed deployment of computing power is the future; otherwise, latency issues can never be resolved. Centralized systems are declining, and this wave of opportunities belongs to edge computing and distributed nodes.

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SignatureAnxiety

· 01-11 10:50

Cloud infrastructure can't handle physical AI, distributed is the future, right? --- It seems giants like AWS are being forced to redesign their architecture. Is the opportunity for decentralization coming? --- Latency killers, edge computing is indeed a must-have. --- 24/7 multi-region operations sound incredibly costly... who can afford it? --- This is the Achilles' heel of centralized cloud, no wonder Web3 people keep shouting for decentralization. --- Does physical AI really require such high infrastructure? I hadn't thought of that before. --- Nodes with hardware, elastic scaling—aren't these the standard features of distributed computing? --- Big tech architectures are cooling off, small distributed node pools are about to take off. --- Agreed, a set of rules for software workloads is completely no longer applicable.

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AirdropF5Bro

· 01-11 10:47

Exactly, AWS has needed to change for a long time. Distributed systems are the future. --- Wait, with edge computing + AI, is decentralized infrastructure about to take off? --- Ceiling? I think it's centralized people who need to wake up. This is the opportunity for Web3 infrastructure. --- Hardware right next to computation... sounds a bit like the logic of PoW nodes. No wonder people on the chain have seen through it long ago. --- Centralized cloud is an outdated story. Now we have to move to edge and distributed systems, or latency will be a bottleneck. --- So now, investing in distributed storage and edge nodes is the real deal? These big companies are really slow to react. --- Physical AI demands are so intense, the future might just be an era where community nodes make money.

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NewPumpamentals

· 01-11 10:23

Traditional cloud providers are really panicking now; they truly can't handle the physical AI sector. Decentralized infrastructure is the future; the AWS model needs to be redesigned. Centralized architecture hits hardware constraints and explodes; isn't this what we've been talking about all along? Wait, could edge computing become the next hot track? The cloud service model should go bankrupt; multi-region deployment is the true king. They're right; the era of centralized cloud is really coming to an end, I've seen it coming long ago. Physical AI has fundamentally different requirements for infrastructure; this time, it's truly revolutionary.

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