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		leptons 22 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenAI and Nvidia announce partnership to deploy 1... I'm pretty average, living in a small home, and my electric bill is already >$500/mo in the summer, and that's with the A/C set at 76F during the day.

thorncorona 22 days ago | [–]

Where do you live? How old is your house?

500 is insane.

catigula 22 days ago | | [–]

I don't expect him to tell you where he lives but my bill EXPLODED recently due to what I now know is data center demand.

t0mas88 22 days ago | [–]

How many kWh is that? At those amounts solar panels seem like a no-brainer business case?

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