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Comment by lelandfe

3 hours ago

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/utah-approve...

> 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

Sure hope your rosy inflection point happens real soon.

Otherwise, the direction this is taking us is pretty obvious.

9 GW is massive. About half a percent of world electricity consumption, half of what stupid Bitcoin burns.