Las Vegas' dystopia-sphere, powered by 150 Nvidia GPUs and drawing up to 28,000,000 watts, is both a testament to the hubris of humanity and an admittedly impressive technical feat
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The Las Vegas Sphere might have an impressive spec sheet, but its energy demands are almost as staggering.
    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
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      4 months ago

      The power usage wouldn’t be a problem if the electricity were generated in a green way.

      If only the energy sector had a workforce experienced in building offshore structures that could build offshore wind farms. And maybe a workforce that had experience in drilling that could develop geothermal energy.

      Of course we also need an energy sector that had a lot of financial resources to put into these kinds of investments.

      If only the energy sector had these kinds of resources, a big sphere drawing a lot of electricity wouldn’t be a problem.

      • fender_symphonic584@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        As an industry insider, can tell you old oil and gas wells are being converted to geothermal where possible. There is lots of innovation in the works!