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.

Lemmynated@lemmy.zip · 1 day 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.

ContactClosure@lemmus.org · 1 day ago

This asinine and misguided project needs to be stopped right now. I’m tired of headlines talking about it as if A anyone wants it other than the billionaires and B it’s remotely reasonable even if people did want it.

Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works · 1 day ago

Don’t worry, it won’t get built, just like most other AI datacenters that have been announced.

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.

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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