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‘More power than an entire state’. Yep - take the Stratos data center project in Utah, the first phase of which is expected to consume 3GW and at full capacity
by jamescrowley 4mo ago
‘More power than an entire state’. Yep - take the Stratos data center project in Utah, the first phase of which is expected to consume 3GW and at full capacity is expected to be 9GW. By comparison, the entire state of Utah currently uses about 4GW.
- 3eb7988a1663 4mo agoFor a less rural example, I am finding different numbers, but all of New York City is estimated at somewhere between 5-10GW. So, some 9 million people vs one data center.
- pjc50 4mo agoSome significant fraction of that NY number will already be data center.
- tempaccount5050 4mo ago3GW per what? Hour? Year? Minute?
- smallerize 4mo ago3GWh/h.
- rahkiin 4mo agoWatt is Joule/second 3 gigajoule per second. It already has a unit of time.
- jamescrowley 4mo ago3GW/9GW is peak load, as I understand it - data centres usually operate at 85-90% of peak load according to Goldman Sachs. Meanwhile, the 4GW figure is average demand - Utah consumed 35,075GWh for 2025, so average demand of 4GW (35075/(365*24)).
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- Schiendelman 4mo agoThere's a little evidence that project is real, it looks a lot more like a pie in the sky dream.