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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago

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.

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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.

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago

‘So much worse than I even thought’: Utah’s ‘hyperscale’ data center could create massive heat island near Great Salt Lake

Skeptics of the proposed hyperscale data center in Box Elder County are sweating about a lot more than its energy demands and potential toll on water supplies.

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I got the environment reference, just the pumping bit sounded more like a shadoks bit.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=eUUviFnGnBE
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  Still worth a watch if you haven’t in a while. The way the interviewer cracks always gets me.
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    This is and has always been comedy gold

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