• @Nuke_the_whales
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    683 months ago

    I heard this thing drains more power than half the homes in Nevada

    • @RegalPotoo
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      703 months ago

      28 megawatts at peak. Enough power for 21,000 homes.

      bUt iTS soLaR!

      • @[email protected]
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        123 months ago

        Also me and my family were gonna go to the sphere and turns out part of it is essentially a climate change lecture, and my family had the collective reaction of “ah yes, let’s discuss climate change in the orb that has enough power to remain easily visible in the direct desert sun”

        So yeah that was interesting to hear

      • @UnderpantsWeevil
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        53 months ago

        Reminds me of those AI centers that drain the grid and suck up all the municipal water, only to run a fortune in PR about being Green.

        As though using a Three Mile Island’s worth of electricity is doing the rest of the world a favor.