Post #3697761
2026-07-09 09:17 UTC
"A typical hyperscale data centre requires between 100 and 300 megawatts of electricity. That is enough to power as many as 300,000 US homes, or a city of roughly 750,000 people based on the average household size. That is comparable to the populations of cities like Nashville in Tennessee, Charlotte in North Carolina or Edmonton in Alberta, Canada."
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/7/3/us-heatwave-raises-alarms-over-ai-data-centre-energy-demands
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@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange 2026-07-09 16:03
@dtabb73@mastodon.africa If all your customers are potentially going to be experiencing rolling blackouts or power rationing then these AI data centers won't be very profitable 😟🤦♂️