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surgical_firetoday at 12:55 PM1 replyview on HN

Neither are yours.

Any talk of new AI datacenters is peppered with its humongous energy needs. A cursory internet search can point to that: https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-and-ai/energy-supply-for-...

> Global electricity generation to supply data centres is projected to grow from 460 TWh in 2024 to over 1 000 TWh in 2030

Just to be clear, 540TWh is the yearly energy consumption of developed industrialized countries. It would sit in between Germany and Canada as of today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electrici...

I offered data. You offered vibes.

"Math ain't mathing". The nerve of these pricks.


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hparadiztoday at 3:26 PM

I'm quoting directly measured usage and you are making shit up from Wikipedia.

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