Canada’s largest AI data centre proposed in rural Alberta | The Narwhal
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Proponents of the $10-billion project plan to build an AI data centre that would consume as much power as the city of Edmonton
  • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.caEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    So, a large gas fired generating station produces about 400 MW, so they are going to need four new ones running at near 100% 24/7 just to power this thing.

    • GreenBeard@lemmy.caEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      Yep. And there will be more jobs running the power plants than the data centre. For a project that’s revenue projections are effectively tech moguls going “Trust me bro!”