Re: ongoing infrastructure changes with AI in the USA

On 11/14/2024 11:17 PM, Titus G wrote:

On 14/11/24 12:43, Lynn McGuire wrote:

I am on the periphery of the ongoing blanketing of the USA with AI
servers.  I have a few facts that might just blow you away.
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The expected number of AI servers in the USA alone is presently a
million (SWAG).  The current cost for a single AI server is $500,000 US.
    1,000,000 x $500,000 = $500 billion US of capital.
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Each AI server idles at 5,000 watts and uses 15,000 watts at full
compute level.
    15,000 watts x 1,000,000 = 15,000,000,000 watts = 15,000 MW = 15 GW
Current peak usage in Texas is 85,000 MW = 85 GW.
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Where is all of this electric power going to come from, especially since
we are shutting down 100+ coal power plants per year in the USA ?
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 "So how is this pertinent to Science Fiction and Fantasy, aka
Speculative Fiction ?" Lynn
(AGW. LNG Worse Than Coal. October 2024)
 I don't have a problem with your off topic posting because it usually
results in interesting discussion but wished to remind you of your
hypocrisy, (again).

I figured that you were smart enough to figure that this posting had to do with excess heat and climate change.  Maybe all of the science fiction stories about the Earth burning up due to excess heat might come true.
Lynn