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“New AI Data Center Is So Huge That It’ll Generate the Heat of 23 Atomic Bombs Every Single Day”
AI data center would emit heat equivalent to 23 Hiroshima bombs daily.
Key points
- Wonder Valley data center in northwestern Alberta analyzed for waste heat output.
- Davies estimates daily thermal load between 16 and 18 gigawatts, ~two dozen bombs.
- Facility uses about nine gigawatts of on-site natural gas power daily.
- Project could produce about 30 million metric tons of CO2 per year.
- SLCN filed for judicial reviews against environmental assessment exemption.
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