Data centers guzzle Arizona's water and power. We calculated how much

The Arizona Republic used air quality records to estimate how much energy could be guzzled by data centers in Maricopa County ...
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How much energy does each ChatGPT prompt really use?

Every time someone types a question into ChatGPT, a small but measurable amount of electricity is burned in distant data centers. The figure for a single prompt sounds tiny, yet at global scale it ...
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Data centers need electricity fast, but utilities need years to build power plants – who should pay?

Data centers need lots of power – but how much, exactly? alacatr/iStock/Getty Images Plus Modern data centers use a similar amount of electricity but can be built in nine to 12 months. To meet that ...
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After years of declining energy use in the state, how will Wisconsin power data centers?

Total electricity use has dropped by nearly 10% in Wisconsin over the last 20 years. Should the state build more power plants now that data centers are bumping up total usage? Massive data centers are ...

We estimated data centers' water and power use. Here's how

We set out to identify every data center in Maricopa County's energy capacity and identify how water use varied among ...
Portland Press Herald

Can a single data center use as much power as 5,000 homes? | Fact brief

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the average U.S.
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‘I don’t see this as getting better’: Data centers fuel concern over water, energy use, air pollution

Brick buildings of homes and small businesses line the wide streets that lead to the shores of Lake Michigan and a historic lighthouse. The city celebrates the community's nautical heritage year round ...