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World's Largest Data Center Will Consume More Electricity Than All of Utah
Tucker Carlson Show
DEBATE: Tucker vs Kevin O’Leary on the Dystopian AI Future Devouring American Energy and Jobs
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"That data center, once completed, will draw about 9 gigawatts of power. How much is 9 gigawatts? Well, 9 gigawatts is more than twice what the entire state of Utah now uses. Every human being in the millions of people who live in Utah, all of them combined, all the manufacturing in Utah, all the ski lifts, all of it, every air conditioning unit, every electric heater, every Tesla, all of them combined use less than half that amount of electricity."
Kevin O'Leary's planned 40,000-acre Utah data center will require 9 gigawatts of power at peak—more than double Utah's current total consumption—while creating only 2,000 permanent jobs. For comparison, New York City uses similar power but provides nearly 5 million jobs, and Boeing's world's-largest manufacturing plant uses one-quarter of one gigawatt.
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- Tucker Carlson Show
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- DEBATE: Tucker vs Kevin O’Leary on the Dystopian AI Future Devouring American Energy and Jobs
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