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Its still a small portion of the total energy use and already powering a lot of things. And to compare other uses accurately, you'd also have to consider the co
by cm2012 10mo ago
Its still a small portion of the total energy use and already powering a lot of things. And to compare other uses accurately, you'd also have to consider the cost of creating those things (like creating a full tv show, or car manufacturing, etc).
- worik 10mo ago> Its still a small portion of the total energy use and already powering a lot of things. data centers consumed about 4.4% of total U.S. electricity in 2023 and are expected to consume approximately 6.7 to 12% of total U.S. electricity by 2028. https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-releases-new-report-evaluating-increase-electricity-demand-data-centers https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-releases-new-report-eval...