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Is chip manufacturing particularly energy intensive? I would expect that chip plants are not that price sensitive about electricity, within reason.
by spicybbq 2y ago
Is chip manufacturing particularly energy intensive? I would expect that chip plants are not that price sensitive about electricity, within reason.
- braincat31415 2y agoIt is.
- on_the_train 2y agoThe light source uses a lot of power to produce those few hundreds of watts of radiation
- magicalhippo 2y agoSeems your average semiconductor foundry needs around 100MW[1] to 200MW[2] of electrical power to operate. The main consumption is down to refrigeration chillers[3]. Average US house uses about 12600kWh per year[4], or 1.44kW average across a year. So that means one foundry takes about what 70k to 140k houses would take. [1]: https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/dotcom/client_service/operations/pdfs/bringing_fabenergyefficiency.ashx https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/dotcom/client_serv... [2]: https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/6/24091367/semiconductor-manufacturing-us-electricity-consumption-renewable-energy-report https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/6/24091367/semiconductor-man... [3]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278612521001412 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02786... [4]: https://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/data/2020/c&e/pdf/ce2.1.pdf https://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/data/2020/c&e/pd...