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I why do we keep posting headlines like this. It’s not if the data center is going to take the power away from other people.

The metric of “more than X” in this case seems useless and sensational.

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Even if you don’t care about the environmental angle, a single data center exceeding a state’s entire electricity draw is a notable story on several levels.

Here in Argentina we have a huge aluminum mill, they essentially have their own huge dam+hydraulic power plant. So I agree.

The critical difference is that this will be 100% powered by natural gas, not a dam and hydraulics system. Natural gas releases CO2 and nitrogen oxides which will exacerbate the Salt Lake valley's smog problems.

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