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Kevin 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.com)
submitted 2 days ago by sanitation@lemmy.radio to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Tja@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, who doesn't know the heat of an atom bomb? (which famously can vary by 4 orders of magnitude)

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

Well, everyone knows it's at least a lot. That's the point. Most people don't know what 9GW means, in terms of heat. Even a small nuclear bomb it's enough to vaporized a large area. This tells even the least informed person that it's an amount of energy that should be concerning.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

which famously can vary by 4 orders of magnitude

That's why "Hiroshima" is now a unit. We're lucky "Tsar Bomba" isn't.