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A proposed data center in northwestern Alberta could generate dozens of atomic bombs worth of heat every day.

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[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 6 points 1 day ago

You can't just use 9GW of energy and produce 16 GW of waste heat.

I suspect that's 9GW of usuable elctrical power.

Physics tells us no process is 100% efficient. If their gas powered generator is particularily innefficient, they might be burning 16 GW worth of gas to produce 9 GW of electricity, the 7 GW difference being mostly heat coming out of gas generators. The 9 GW of electricity would eventually turn into heat as well, which would come out of the processors and cooling systems