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This article explores the massive energy consumption of AI data centers, particularly focusing on Elon Musk's Colossus facility in Memphis. It highlights the reliance on fossil fuels, the environmental impact, and the rapid expansion of data centers across the U.S. as companies race to develop advanced AI models.
- Musk's Colossus data center in Memphis will use as much electricity annually as the entire city of Seattle, powered by its own natural-gas plant with up to 35 turbines.
- Data centers' energy use could surpass that of all U.S. heavy industries combined by 2030, with the IEA projecting emissions from them could more than double.
- Colossus alone consumed over 11 million gallons of water in a single month for cooling.
- Loudoun County, VA already hosts 199 data centers, illustrating the rapid nationwide buildout also underway in Phoenix, Atlanta, and Dallas.