marmotini_enjoyer comments on New AI Data Center Is So Huge That It'll Generate the Heat of 23 Atomic Bombs Every Single Day

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A proposed data center in northwestern Alberta could generate dozens of atomic bombs worth of heat every day.

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[–] marmotini_enjoyer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 6 days ago (2 children)

All the sources I'm finding say 7 to 18 GW, not 20 MW.

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[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 1 point 6 days ago (1 child)

I took the energy of 23 trinity bombs and divided it over 24hrs to get ~20MW.

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[–] marmotini_enjoyer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 5 days ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I think you should take another look at that calculation. You're off by several orders of magnitude.

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