Gerry McGovern @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green
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"Meta recently announced that it is building a 4 million-square-foot AI data center in the state of Louisiana — its biggest ever, with energy needs to match.

AI processing is incredibly power-hungry, and Meta’s AI factory needs 2 GW of electricity, enough to power about one and a half million households. This means building a new natural gas power station nearby at a cost of $5 billion.

Woof! That’s a big bill for Meta, isn’t it?"

fierce-network.com/cloud/op-ed

data center electricity, voltage

Op-ed: Meta sticks Louisianans with the AI electric bill 

It took the U.S. six days to get water to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina in the Superdome in 2005. | Meta recently announced that it is building a 4 million-square-foot AI data center in the state of Louisiana — its biggest ever, with energy needs to match.

www.fierce-network.com · Fierce Network

Gerry McGovern @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green
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Everywhere, Big Tech is getting massive electrical and energy infrastructure built. Whose paying? The public. You and me.

"Here we have a trillion-dollar company, Meta, sticking the ratepayers of the second poorest state in America with the bill for its shiny new power station, which, by the way, they won’t get to use."

fierce-network.com/cloud/op-ed

data center electricity, voltage

Op-ed: Meta sticks Louisianans with the AI electric bill 

It took the U.S. six days to get water to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina in the Superdome in 2005. | Meta recently announced that it is building a 4 million-square-foot AI data center in the state of Louisiana — its biggest ever, with energy needs to match.

www.fierce-network.com · Fierce Network

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