sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoVirginia county asks all employees, including schools, to conserve power due to AI-driven electricity price hikes — state's 400-plus data centers steadily increasing demand, grid expansion, and prici…www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up1495arrow-down14
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minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days ago Cut it in half to allow for spikes and that’s still 27,000 homes. 270 million single people would be 10,000 powerplants or the US with families would need 2,000 nuclear power plants. Your calculation is reasonable but 2,000 nuclear power plants is a big number.
270 million single people would be 10,000 powerplants or the US with families would need 2,000 nuclear power plants.
Your calculation is reasonable but 2,000 nuclear power plants is a big number.