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-squareassa123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agobut first is peak power, not waste energy, we’re still missing the SI estimated number of Wh wasted per day
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoTrue, yeah. It should be Wh, not just Watts. I think most data centers are designed to run 24/7 though, so the Wh might be close to the same as peak.
minus-squarebadgermurphy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoIf they can tell us how many “atom bombs” per day it takes to power it, at least we could figure it out!
but first is peak power, not waste energy, we’re still missing the SI estimated number of Wh wasted per day
True, yeah. It should be Wh, not just Watts. I think most data centers are designed to run 24/7 though, so the Wh might be close to the same as peak.
If they can tell us how many “atom bombs” per day it takes to power it, at least we could figure it out!