@boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoWhy data centers want to have their own nuclear reactorsenglish.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down111
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minus-square@bitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•11 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.
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.