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-square178linkfedilinkarrow-up1861arrow-down113
arrow-up1848arrow-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-square178linkfedilink
minus-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoits 9gw of consumption. 19gw of total heat generation.
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·55 minutes 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.
its 9gw of consumption. 19gw of total heat generation.
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.