Not to defend what Altman is saying, but is OpenAI actually using or going to use that much power? This Reuters source the US power budget will be 4,187 TWh in 2025: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-power-use-reach-r...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electri...
Every country bellow the top 40 has a consumption lower than 87.6 TWh per year, that includes developed countries like Finland and Belgium, so yes, 10 gigawatts is a lot of power.
That’s huge. The hope is that this can drive renewables or nuclear rollout, but not sure that hope is realistic.