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‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan (www.theguardian.com)

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The Stratos artificial intelligence datacenter footprint will cover more than 40,000 acres (62 sq miles) over three sites in Box Elder county in north-western Utah. The facility will require about 9GW of power, which is more than the entire state of Utah currently consumes, and suck up a significant amount of water in an area that has been hit by severe drought in recent years.

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[–] nomadman@piefed.social 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It would be a shame if the builders had to restart their work every day...

[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 1 points 37 minutes ago

Good luck. The data center is classified as a national security site and has the Utah Test and Training Range base nearby.

They're building it with the intention of military security.