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For 6–10 gigawatt data centers I consider what else that amount of power could support. At current desalination efficiencies, 6 gigawatts of continuous power could produce roughly 11–14 million acre-feet of freshwater per year, comparable to the historical annual flow of the Colorado River.
So a single 6 GW power supply could theoretically generate enough freshwater to replace most or all of the Colorado River's annual flow. The famous river that is stretched thin but supports up to around 45 million people from Denver all the way to San Diego and even Mexico. So the comparison is we can have a single AI datacenter or a drought-proof water supply for a region constantly under drought restrictions.
I'm not saying don't build the other dozen or so 6 to 10 gigawatt data centers everybody keeps talking about. I'm just saying maybe we can do one less of those and use some of that power to support ocean water desalination instead.
And here I am with a family of 5 who are all home sick with covid right now. :)
híjole!
Cash out after selling your subjective value art.
So much of my kid job money, allowance, holiday and birthday money was spent going through the Tower Hobbies catalog. Good times.
If they raise their salaries to become competitive again they will fill their positions. If they keep going with normal compensation from 3+ years ago they will keep looking to hire and losing their best employees.
Whats the solution for EV?
Check your partial / interrupted multi-part uploads. If its like amazon the uncommitted blobs won't show up in storage graphs but you'll be getting charged for them just sitting there.