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Re:OpenAI and Nvidia Announce Partnership to Deploy 10GW of ... by onesociety2022 on Monday September 22, 2025 @04:28PM (#45339012)
But that's assuming they actually have to transport power over long distances right? If they colocate these massive AI datacenters right next to the power generation plants, it should be cheap to transport the power. You don't need to upgrade massive sections of the grid and build long-distance power lines.

The xAI Colossus 2 1GW data centers seem to be located about ~20 miles from the power generation utility (https://semianalysis.com/2025/09/16/xais-colossus-2-first-gi...)

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Re:OpenAI and Nvidia Announce Partnership to Deploy 10GW of ... by gehsty on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @03:27AM (#45343866)
20 miles is a long way to move power, on land you have huge issues over getting permits for construction as it’s so disruptive, offshore specialist vessels that serve a global existing supply chain.
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