Locator: 49385ELECTRICITYDEMAND.
Reminder -
Let's get the numbers down, for "fabs," large data centers, energy demands. I may be completely wrong on this, but this is the scaffolding on which I am beginning. Think of 1 GW as enough electricity to power a million homes:
- 1 GW: big, should get your attention -- if this were poker, the ante to get into the game
- 2 GW: sort of becoming the baseline; huge but becoming commonplace -- a raise
- 6 GW: very few will build anything greater than 5 GW -- most drop out by now
- 10 GW: OpenAI and that's probably it for now -- wins the pot
Let's start with Gaza:
Now, NYC:
Other cities, same source, same question:
- Shanghai: 22 GW.
- Moscow: 7 GW.
- Tokyo: very, very difficult to estimate, but probably a staggering 106 GW
- Dubai: varies by time of day, season, but generally one can estimate about 11 GW
- Bismarck, ND: 90 MW or 0.09 GW
