How Big Tech Is Consuming America's Electricity And Water
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For scale, 90 megawatts is about the electricity consumption of 22,000 homes, according to a PEC report.
Data centers consumed 17 gigawatts of electricity in 2022, or about 4 percent of total U.S. consumption. This is projected to double to 35 gigawatts by 2030 (35,000 MW or enough power for 770,000,000 homes – Statista says there are only 144,000,000 homes currently in the USA).
Hmmm...