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Utah mega datacenter could dump 23 atomic bombs worth of energy per day

Utah mega datacenter could dump 23 atomic bombs worth of energy per day
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A proposed mega-scale datacenter in the US state of Utah has caused controversy after a physics professor estimated that the facility and its associated power generation could dump 23 atomic bombs' worth of energy per day. But the real question is whether it will actually ever get built. The datacenter is part of the Stratos Project Area in Box Elder County, Utah, overseen by the Military Installation Development Authority (MIDA), a state agency straddling the military, local government, and pri

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