LLM office space is pretty expensive. Chillers, backup generators, raised floors, communications gear, …. They even demand multiple offices for redundancy, not to mention the new ask of a nuclear power plant to keep the lights on.
I get that this can be generic, and we can discuss this as a open source issue with an employer asserting their rights, but I want to take a more direct approach to the specific situation.
Does a company really think they are able to achieve and sustain a competitive advantage from controlling a continuous integration system? What is the business rationale here?