cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/74351191
A proposed data center in northwestern Alberta could generate dozens of atomic bombs worth of heat every day.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/74351191
A proposed data center in northwestern Alberta could generate dozens of atomic bombs worth of heat every day.
I suspect that’s 9GW of usuable elctrical power.
Physics tells us no process is 100% efficient. If their gas powered generator is particularily innefficient, they might be burning 16 GW worth of gas to produce 9 GW of electricity, the 7 GW difference being mostly heat coming out of gas generators. The 9 GW of electricity would eventually turn into heat as well, which would come out of the processors and cooling systems