How many minutes does your average AI data center last on that amount?

myrmidon 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Largest operational/planned AI datacenters are in the 2GW+ range, so ~600min for one of those.

But a more typical size would be around 200MW, which could run over a week on 20GWh.

Where is that data center ?

	▲	myrmidon an hour ago \| parent [-]
		AWS New Carlisle in Indiana is probably at ~1GW right now and scheduled to hit ~2.2GW when finished (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/amazon-opens-11-billion-ai-d...). Microsoft Fairwater Wisconsin is currently at 400ish MW and projected to scale beyond 2GW of electrical power by mid 2028, as buildings currently still under construction come online (according to: https://epoch.ai/data/ai-data-centers/directory/microsoft-fa...).

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