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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 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

The Las Vegas Sphere might have an impressive spec sheet, but its energy demands are almost as staggering.

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

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Add a solar array and battery bank, a you might even have electricity left over. It’s in the desert after all.
- Still a waste of energy because that could be used for the general grid
  
  I wouldn’t say entertainment is a waste of energy even if there are nobler uses for the power.
  
  Advertising may be entertaining but it's not entertainment
  
  I dunno man. You ever see the infomercials for the magic bullet, or the slapchop?
  Fetticini
  Linguine
  Martini
  Bikini.
  You're gonna love my nuts!
  
  Remember when he got his dick almost bitten off while doing coke with a hooker?
  
  Wasn't it his lip?
  
  Shit you might be right. It's been a long time
  
  It may be entertaining, but it's not entertainment.
  
  Remix still slaps
  
  https://youtu.be/UWRyj5cHIQA
  
  I’m in a good mood all day
  
  …Las Vegas Sphere—a gigantic spherical entertainment arena sitting at the heart of Sin City…
  
  I think he means the outside
  
  Here's a link. You can go inside of it and it's essentially a huge concert venue. It's clearly entertainment.
  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TuanMw6zwBk
  
  Like those ass massaging power chairs.
  
  I'd hate to be the one to use them after /u/buttfarts.
  
  There wouldn't be an incentive or the capital necessary to instigate the build out of solar without the sphere. Yes, it would be great if someone did that. But the owners of the sphere specifically have a financial incentive to do so for the sake of lower energy costs. There's not a lack of land or sun, so whether they do or do not doesn't amount to a "waste" of energy - anyone else can build out solar production too.
  
  I saw several concerts there and it was awesome. You want to live a life without anything fun in it?
- Have you ever seen a solar array that gives 28 MW?
  
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_tower
  
  So?
  
  Or how about six wind turbines? It’s rather windy in Las Vegas.
  
  I mean, have you seen it with your own eyes?
  
  I’ve flown over a couple big ones. Not sure of the exactly area or output.
  
  Is it bigger or smaller than a football field?
  
  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 :))
  
  Thank you for doing the math.
  
  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.
- allow me to remind you about ✨opportunity costs ✨

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