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Proposed data centre would use energy of 23 Hiroshima bombs a day
Original: Proposed data centre will release 23 Hiroshima atomic bomb worth of energy a day
A proposed data centre would, according to a CBC report, release energy each day equivalent to roughly 23 Hiroshima atomic bombs. The comparison is being used to illustrate the enormous electricity demands of large-scale computing facilities, and the figure is drawing attention to how much power AI-driven data centres could consume once built.
Why now: Rising concern over the massive energy demands of new data centres, especially those built for AI, has made dramatic comparisons like this one highly shareable.
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