Thursday, January 1, 2026

OpenAI Plans 250 Gigawatts of Energy Capacity in 8 Years

 Lukas Ekwueme, Dec 29, reproduces this chart showing OpenAI's plainly deranged anticipations of needed energy capacity. Says he: 

To put that in perspective, producing 250 GW of electricity would require one of these options: - 250 nuclear power plants (≈250 km² land) - 357 gas power plants (≈357 km² land) - 23K km² (the size of New Jersey) covered in solar panels - 202K km² (2x the size of Nebraska) covered in wind turbines Again just for OpenAi.