▲ 973 ▼ 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 (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 2 years ago by filister@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 438 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (9 children) Have you ever seen a solar array that gives 28 MW? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (4 children) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_tower permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) So? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Or how about six wind turbines? It’s rather windy in Las Vegas. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, have you seen it with your own eyes? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I’ve flown over a couple big ones. Not sure of the exactly area or output. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Is it bigger or smaller than a football field? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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 :)) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Thank you for doing the math. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (4 children) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_tower permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) So? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Or how about six wind turbines? It’s rather windy in Las Vegas. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, have you seen it with your own eyes? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I’ve flown over a couple big ones. Not sure of the exactly area or output. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) So? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Or how about six wind turbines? It’s rather windy in Las Vegas. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, have you seen it with your own eyes? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I’ve flown over a couple big ones. Not sure of the exactly area or output. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Or how about six wind turbines? It’s rather windy in Las Vegas. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, have you seen it with your own eyes? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I’ve flown over a couple big ones. Not sure of the exactly area or output. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, have you seen it with your own eyes? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I’ve flown over a couple big ones. Not sure of the exactly area or output. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I’ve flown over a couple big ones. Not sure of the exactly area or output. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Is it bigger or smaller than a football field? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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 :)) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Thank you for doing the math. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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 :)) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Thank you for doing the math. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Thank you for doing the math. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent