&gt;<i>How about all the industries like HFT or AdTech? You mentioned yourself research, there is a dire need for computing power (and I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s that much of a niche). Don&#x27;t you think all these machine learning oriented start-up would like more CPU? How about big data platform?</i><p>I don&#x27;t think society would have any serious issues, in fact we might just be better off, without more efficient HFT and big data.<p>In fact, I&#x27;d ask for more regulated and slower-frequency trading, and smarter (rather than &quot;big&quot;) data. And especially when it comes to surveillance and consumer behavior analysis (for ads, etc.), the less data those scumbags get, the better.