filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoLas 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 Gamerwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square424fedilinkarrow-up11.02K
arrow-up11.02Kexternal-linkLas 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 Gamerwww.pcgamer.comfilister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square424fedilink
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 months agoIf only Las Vegas were located somewhere that the sun shines almost all day every day. \s
minus-squareCommanderCloon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoI highly doubt the operating hours of this ball of decadence match the time when solar power peaks
minus-squarecapital@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoAnd yet they still couldn’t cover the last 30%.
minus-square__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoThat’s probably at night
minus-squarecapital@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoRegardless, that energy could be going to offset other energy currently being produced by non-renewables no matter which way you slice it.
minus-squareUsernameblankface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoIf only the creators of the ball had enough profit coming in to put up more solar panels and build up a battery bank for the night so they wouldn’t take anything from the grid…
If only Las Vegas were located somewhere that the sun shines almost all day every day. \s
I highly doubt the operating hours of this ball of decadence match the time when solar power peaks
And yet they still couldn’t cover the last 30%.
That’s probably at night
Regardless, that energy could be going to offset other energy currently being produced by non-renewables no matter which way you slice it.
If only the creators of the ball had enough profit coming in to put up more solar panels and build up a battery bank for the night so they wouldn’t take anything from the grid…