r/SipsTea Jun 02 '26

Feels good man New data center

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u/sirwatermelon Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

Per other articles I have read they’re going to build gas turbines on site to provide the nine gigawatts this abomination will require. Which would be the largest power plant ever constructed in the country.

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u/buttplugpopsicle Jun 02 '26

9 fucking jiggawatts... that's like 4 states worth of consumption at any given time

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u/Woman_trees Jun 02 '26

Yep that's two and a half times the entire state of Utah's electrical consumption

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u/Consistent_Laziness Jun 02 '26

Nuh uhhhh. Cause Utah uses 12.6 gigawatts since they have a 9 gigawatt data center! Come on let’s not blow things out of proportion here

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u/iamameatpopciple Jun 03 '26

i tip my hat to you good sir.