Some reports say the Microsoft AI data center could eventually suck up all 850 megawatts.
Make sure to thank a libtard.
The 20 percent or so of the population that believe in what they are told to fear and protested nuclear power are the same people that destroyed our present world.
Funny how quiet the left is.
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Jane Fonda will be all excited to be making:
“The China Syndrome II: Microsoft’s Hot Water from Hell”
She finds a Glow Bull downriver, dead,
in hot water discharged from the reactor.
Someone shot the Glow Bull with an antique Chinese
anti-aircraft gun. And it WAS loaded after all!
She wonders watts up. Very sus.
But is is HER they suspect.
The police chase on her Hoveround,
paid for by Obamacare,
is a highlight scene of the movie.
She ekskapes finally through the spatiotemporal vortex in
the 4.828032 Kilometer Island nuc-you-lar reactor core
to the land of Barbarella, to get her hairs cut,
never to return to earth again.
The A/C units use massive A/C systems which cool water, which is pumped to air handling units, which distribute the air supply.
To give you some idea a 300 Ton capacity chiller would require about 2000 amps at 460 volts on start up draw then taper off within seconds to say 300 amps operational load. The actual heat load of a server farm I have no idea but I do know that companies like BIT COIN require so much A/C capacity that the noise alone generated by the cooling towers outside make them an unwanted neighbor for about a mile.
Over time electronics have changed. My ship an aircraft carrier had 3-150 Ton units, 6-200 ton units, and 1-350 ton unit. This was in 1980 That meant 2000 tons cooling capacity with a total power load of roughly way 0ver 2000 amps total combined power load at 460 volts. Today's carrier like the FORD have 20,000 capacity.
Taking this further hospitals also for obvious reasons have a very high load demand for cooling. This is for the diagnostics such as MRI, CT, etc. Commercial A/C for large buildings is one of the power grids biggest consumers. Thus the Solar, Wind, renewables, are of absolutely no benefit.
And AI is going to do what...? Figure PI to the hundred quintillionth place? Anything useful?
Or is it going toward the worldwide spying ops I’ve read about?
Or the effort to quantify and put a price tag on every item, live or inantimate, in the world so it can be bought up by our betters?
With Gates involved, he will no doubt use AI to more efficiently exterminate billions.
My guess for now:
Large computing tasks will be sent to space for processing.
IOW, the data centers will be in orbit around the earth.
Bfl
FWIW, Elon’s requested 150 megawatts to run xai is the equivalent of 428 EV fast chargers running at the full 350kW. So it’s a reminder that a city’s grid can’t handle a large transition to EV’s.
https://qz.com/ai-bitcoin-mining-1851623128 (August 2024)
AI-powered Bitcoin mining would be a game changer — but not without challenges
Major Bitcoin miners are already incorporating AI into their systems
Artificial intelligence is rapidly making its way into nearly every industry, and Bitcoin mining is no exception. The process of generating new Bitcoin by solving complex mathematical problems has grown increasingly competitive and intriguing, prompting miners to integrate AI into their operations.
Miners believe that generative artificial intelligence could soon play a pivotal role in enhancing the infrastructure of Bitcoin mining. As the industry faces increasing pressure to improve efficiency and remain profitable, especially after the halving event, AI offers a promising solution.
Climate change, Climate change, Climate change! Everyone must cut way down on their energy consumption... well, everyone but gov who gets to increase their energy consumption 100 times over
With DEI employees what could go wrong.