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Power-hungry data centres scrambling to find enough electricity to meet demand (www.abc.net.au)
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Morgan Stanley estimates that data centres are currently using 5 per cent (1,050 MW) of the electricity on Australia's power grid and that is expected to grow to 8 per cent (2,500 MW) by 2030.

Some estimates even suggest they could require up to 15 per cent of the power on the grid by then.

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[โ€“] WanderingCat@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think they are more efficient than years ago yes, but some chips are consuming more power overall too. Yes what took up 40u a while ago can now fit in 10u but data centers aren't reducing in size, they'll just fill that 40 with more hardware

[โ€“] notgold@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

They need to fill that 40RU with more hardware to keep up with ever growing data creation demand. Think how much data your home produced a decade ago compared to now. Everything has some sort of sensor inside now recording data.