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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 | PC Gamer

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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 | PC Gamer

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The Las Vegas Sphere might have an impressive spec sheet, but its energy demands are almost as staggering.
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    6•10 months ago

    Have you ever seen a solar array that gives 28 MW?

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      2•10 months ago

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_tower

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        2•10 months ago

        So?

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          2•10 months ago

          Or how about six wind turbines? It’s rather windy in Las Vegas.

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            1•10 months ago

            I mean, have you seen it with your own eyes?

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              1•10 months ago

              I’ve flown over a couple big ones. Not sure of the exactly area or output.

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      1•10 months ago

      110MW https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent_Dunes_Solar_Energy_Project

      392MW https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility

      These are both near Vegas.

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      Is it bigger or smaller than a football field?

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        2•10 months ago

        Rough calculation says it needs about 28 ha, this could be about 30 football fields (depending on whatever they mean in your area when they say football :))

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          Thank you for doing the math.

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