boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhy data centers want to have their own nuclear reactorsenglish.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down110
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minus-squarebitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoLarge scale data centers, like the ones that end up in the news for FAANG are ~100 megawatt footprints. I have no idea where you’re getting 3.4 megawatts as the largest data center in the US, but that is wildly undersized.
minus-squarepostmateDumbass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoProbably in northern Utah.
Large scale data centers, like the ones that end up in the news for FAANG are ~100 megawatt footprints.
I have no idea where you’re getting 3.4 megawatts as the largest data center in the US, but that is wildly undersized.
Probably in northern Utah.