‘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.

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3eb7988a1663 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

For 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.

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tempaccount5050 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

3GW per what? Hour? Year? Minute?

	▲	rahkiin 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Watt is Joule/second 3 gigajoule per second. It already has a unit of time.
	▲	jamescrowley 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		3GW/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)).
	▲	smallerize 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		3GWh/h.
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