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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by lokar on Sunday October 04, 2026 @06:53PM (#49958783)
There were certainly 1GW DCs in the US 10+ years ago.
Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by cogman10 on Sunday October 04, 2026 @07:01PM (#49958840)
Do you have any in mind? How many?

Given the current power consumption of states, I find it hard to believe.

Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by lokar on Sunday October 04, 2026 @07:03PM (#49958857)
I remember one in the Midwest was growing past that.

Even for smaller sites, 1-2 MW would have been very small.

Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by epistasis on Sunday October 04, 2026 @08:10PM (#49959307)
1-2MW is like one or two rows of older non-GPU machines, it can't be called a DC.
Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by kube-system on Sunday October 04, 2026 @11:13PM (#49960298)
That's what many data centers look like for a mid/large non-tech company that in-houses their datacenter operations. They're often otherwise a "real" datacenter with UPS, backup generators, multiple tier-1 carriers, chillers, raised floors /w hot/cold aisles, etc.

You see it less now since the shift to the cloud, but in the 00s this stuff was everywhere.