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Wyoming town to host AI data center using more electricity than all Wyoming homes combined (apnews.com)
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[โ€“] Tja@programming.dev 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Every square kilometer of land (0.38 Sq miles in freedom units) gets about a GW of heat from the sun (depending on latitude). I doubt one datacenter will contribute that much...

[โ€“] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

I don't know, I've been in some hot places but massive cooling towers tend to radiate a bit more (now I know what I'm reading about today) and a data center without the ability to pump heat outside isn't going to make it a whole day before it's toast.

Not necessarily disagreeing, just curious about how much heat is dispersed by the ones here.