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The race is physical.
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International Energy Agency · Energy and AI · April 2025: a 100 MW data centre draws as much as 100,000 households ↗That physicality is the point. You can’t hide a gigawatt. Where a company builds, what it draws from the grid, and who approves it are all things a public can see, question, and slow down. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris. See how soon is soon? for why the build-out is accelerating, and compute in the glossary.
What you can ask locally
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