Wyoming town to host AI data center using more electricity than all Wyoming homes combined
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“To the best of our knowledge, it is the largest data center — we think of it as a campus — in the world,” OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane told The Associated Press last week. “It generates, roughly and depending how you count, about a gigawatt of energy.”
Why is this guy saying a datacenter generates energy? It does literally the exact opposite. I guess you don't need to actually know anything to get a leadership role at openai, as long as you can say lots of words.
Yeah that language is pure corporate BS - data centers CONSUME energy at massive scales (up to 1 gigawatt in this case, which is insane), they're literally just giant heaters that occasionally produce AI outputs as a byproduct of all that wasted electricty.
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Yeah that language is pure corporate BS - data centers CONSUME energy at massive scales (up to 1 gigawatt in this case, which is insane), they're literally just giant heaters that occasionally produce AI outputs as a byproduct of all that wasted electricty.
I guess they could say they are generating 1GW of computing power
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Cheyenne to host massive AI data center using more electricity than all Wyoming homes combined
A massive AI data center proposed near Cheyenne, Wyoming, would use more electricity than all homes in the state combined.
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Cheyenne to host massive AI data center using more electricity than all Wyoming homes combined
A massive AI data center proposed near Cheyenne, Wyoming, would use more electricity than all homes in the state combined.
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I'm starting to think this is how they ease us into accepting the argument they need to grind us up for biofuel.
"Sorry kids, it turns out deregulation of nuclear safety and all these small modular nuclear reactors we built still isn't enough to power the data centers."
"Good news, we have this new idea: You know how there's just way too many of you bc we've been banning birth control methods and spreading misinformation about declining birth rates? And there's also not enough food bc of tariffs and a lack of available labor to harvest all those crops we let rot?"
To be fair, in exchange we will still get to enjoy terrible AI generated art and music.
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Lmao have fun with that power grid impact, Wyoming…
Its going to ruin most states around it too, Wyoming is a massive net electricity exporter, due to cheap coal and wind resources. A majority of what they produce is transmitted to neighboring states, as far as Oregon and Washington.
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Cheyenne to host massive AI data center using more electricity than all Wyoming homes combined
A massive AI data center proposed near Cheyenne, Wyoming, would use more electricity than all homes in the state combined.
AP News (apnews.com)
So the price for power is going to double?
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Cheyenne to host massive AI data center using more electricity than all Wyoming homes combined
A massive AI data center proposed near Cheyenne, Wyoming, would use more electricity than all homes in the state combined.
AP News (apnews.com)
Lots of wind farms out there
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You're absolutely correct - just taking the opportunity to add some hard facts:
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That is very little considering it's about the size of any other mid-Western state.
So: "This AI data center will use the energy of half a million households" - doesn't sound much better.
From the article, it sounds like it will eventually use 20x the energy of all the households in Wyoming. That's pretty fucking nuts.
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I guess they could say they are generating 1GW of computing power
More like a GW of heat... Thankfully I'm sure that will counteract whatever has caused it to be over 80 degrees on my way to work before 0700.
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It's exactly what they want. He is avoiding use of clear, concise sentences to mislead the layman. The data center is generating a gigawatt of energy, for their use. The Wyoming power grid is their battery.
Jfc you almost gave me a heart attack and I had to go re-read, it's Wyoming, no data center here yet though Microsoft was proposing one in Racine. It's only a matter of time with all the water here.
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“To the best of our knowledge, it is the largest data center — we think of it as a campus — in the world,” OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane told The Associated Press last week. “It generates, roughly and depending how you count, about a gigawatt of energy.”
Why is this guy saying a datacenter generates energy? It does literally the exact opposite. I guess you don't need to actually know anything to get a leadership role at openai, as long as you can say lots of words.
Why is this guy saying a datacenter generates energy? It does literally the exact opposite.
Is that true, though?
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“To the best of our knowledge, it is the largest data center — we think of it as a campus — in the world,” OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane told The Associated Press last week. “It generates, roughly and depending how you count, about a gigawatt of energy.”
Why is this guy saying a datacenter generates energy? It does literally the exact opposite. I guess you don't need to actually know anything to get a leadership role at openai, as long as you can say lots of words.
But this proposed data center is so big, it would have its own dedicated energy from gas generation and renewable sources, according to Collins and company officials.
The "depending on how you count" probably refers to the renewables.
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And suddenly these same assholes will tell you to turn your ac off because the power grid can't meet demand for some "mysterious" reason.
But it's not the AI farm's fault, because they get paid to turn off during times the grid is under a lot of stress. So they make money 100% of the time, don't worry!
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So the price for power is going to double?
no, because it will have a dedicated power station.
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Lmao have fun with that power grid impact, Wyoming…
I said this elsewhere, but it will have its own dedicated power supply.
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Cheyenne to host massive AI data center using more electricity than all Wyoming homes combined
A massive AI data center proposed near Cheyenne, Wyoming, would use more electricity than all homes in the state combined.
AP News (apnews.com)
But this proposed data center is so big, it would have its own dedicated energy from gas generation and renewable sources
Very unfortunate, as this could have been an opportunity to advance the green power agenda. Solar, wind, and nuclear are all more efficient than fossil fuels -- so why build new fossil fuel plants?
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Cheyenne to host massive AI data center using more electricity than all Wyoming homes combined
A massive AI data center proposed near Cheyenne, Wyoming, would use more electricity than all homes in the state combined.
AP News (apnews.com)
Every time you thank ChatGPT, a house goes dark in Wyoming
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But it's not the AI farm's fault, because they get paid to turn off during times the grid is under a lot of stress. So they make money 100% of the time, don't worry!
Genuinely curious - has Texas been getting fewer residential outages since they expanded capacity for crypto mining? I'd imagine the same economics apply here.
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I'm starting to think this is how they ease us into accepting the argument they need to grind us up for biofuel.
"Sorry kids, it turns out deregulation of nuclear safety and all these small modular nuclear reactors we built still isn't enough to power the data centers."
"Good news, we have this new idea: You know how there's just way too many of you bc we've been banning birth control methods and spreading misinformation about declining birth rates? And there's also not enough food bc of tariffs and a lack of available labor to harvest all those crops we let rot?"
To be fair, in exchange we will still get to enjoy terrible AI generated art and music.
misinformation about declining birth rates
What misinformation? Every expert on the subject is agreeing that we're at or below replacement rate.
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Literally the plot of Eddington lol, this country gets worse each year
I was looking for someone to say this. Then realized not many people here watch recent movies.
