I was more worried by the 600kW power requirement... that's 200 houses at full load (3kw) in southern europe... which likely means 400 houses at half load.

the town near my hometown has 650 – 800 houses (according to chatgpt).

crazy.

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nine_k 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Or it's two 300kW fast EV chargers working together.

A typical home just consumes rather little energy, now that LED lighting and heat pump cooling / heating became the norm.

	▲	delusional 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I think the above commentor is reflecting on the total energy use from having a 600KW load running 24/7. I suppose the more interesting observation is the 14 MWh of daily consumption, enough to charge 100 Rivians every day.
	▲	paganel 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		> and heat pump cooling / heating became the norm. We're not all solidly middle-class (especially in Southern and Eastern Europe) and as such we cannot afford those heat pumps. But we'll have to eat the increased energy costs brought by insane server configurations like the ones from the article, so, yeey!!!
	▲	znpy 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> now that LED lighting and heat pump cooling / heating became the norm. My brother in Christ, you vastly overestimate southern europe

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nutjob2 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> at full load (3kw)

Do you live in a deprived rural village in a very poor country? Because you can't even run a heater and the oven with 3kW.

	▲	znpy 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No it’s quite the norm actually. Most power contracts give you 3 kwh power supply for residential home. That’s the standard. Bumping to 4.5 or 6kwh must be required explicitly and costs and extra on the base power supply bill

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ericd 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That’s surprising, 200 amp 240v service is pretty common in the US.

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dist-epoch 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Your hometown also has public lightning, water pumps, and probably some other stuff.