Datacenter in Wyoming going to pull 10 GW in fossile energy
https://www.techradar.com/pro/a-massive-wyoming-data-center-will-soon-use-5x-more-power-than-the-states-human-occupants-and-no-one-knows-who-is-using-itOpen linkView original on feddit.orghttps://www.techradar.com/pro/a-massive-wyoming-data-center-will-soon-use-5x-more-power-than-the-states-human-occupants-and-no-one-knows-who-is-using-itOpen linkView original on feddit.org
You know how we had to hear for years that it would be impossible to switch to electric vehicles because the power grid wouldn't be able to support all those chargers? Funny isn't it
It's bullishit either way, but a single large industrial load is comparatively easy to accommodate, especially when it's not a giant inductive load. A large increase in the residential demand is going to be spread out over huge areas, requiring changes all over the place.
Data centers are unfortunately not going anywhere. I just wish someone would put all that waste heat to use, instead of just dumping it into the atmosphere. Seems like it would be pretty easy to make something like a combination data center/desalination plant.
Sounds like socialism for therms! Can't have 'em mixing.
Well 10GW is still nothing compared to the amount of electricity used by an entire country driving only election vehicles, for one..
Having said that, all of this is bullshit. We don't need tomheae shit data centers, they should be burned down to the ground