RE: https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116567154245513238
“Developers say the facility could eventually require up to 9 gigawatts of power. For perspective, Utah’s current statewide electricity demand typically peaks around 4 to 5 gigawatts. That means a single AI-focused campus could theoretically consume more power than the entire state currently uses.”
Gotta always appreciate Yahoo! News for doing the math for us! 💪🤔
This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified
The scale sounds almost unreal. The proposed campus reportedly spans around 40,000 acres in Box Elder County, Utah, an area larger than many major cities.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ai-data-center-bigger-2-124356503.html
