sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoKevin O’Leary’s proposed 9GW "hyperscale" AI data center in Utah will consume double the state's entire electricity usage and generate the waste heat of 23 atom bombs a day.www.sltrib.comexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1859arrow-down112
arrow-up1847arrow-down1external-linkKevin O’Leary’s proposed 9GW "hyperscale" AI data center in Utah will consume double the state's entire electricity usage and generate the waste heat of 23 atom bombs a day.www.sltrib.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square178fedilink
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoFor comparison, a blast furnace making steel uses on the order of 3600 GWh/yr and the energy comes primarily from coal. 9Gwh is a high number for a datacenter, but industrial processes use much more and much dirtier energy. That’s also one datacenter and the largest. Whereas there are many, many blast furnaces running all over the world.
For comparison, a blast furnace making steel uses on the order of 3600 GWh/yr and the energy comes primarily from coal.
9Gwh is a high number for a datacenter, but industrial processes use much more and much dirtier energy.
That’s also one datacenter and the largest. Whereas there are many, many blast furnaces running all over the world.