Based on the amount of AI Data Centers they're building I came to the conclusion they are not primarily used for citizen surveillance. Although, that's one of the uses... the main reason THEY need so much compute power is because of the New Financial system that is to come. We're talking about huge computing capacity if it's to judge only by the amount of electricity consumption needed.
Global data center electricity consumption is projected to reach 565 terawatt hours by the end of 2026, up 26% from the year before. Goldman Sachs projects US data center power demand will climb from 31 gigawatt in 2025 to 66 gigawatt by 2027. That is more than doubling in 2 years. The US Department of Energy found that data centers consume 4.4% of all US electricity in 2023 and projects that figure would hit 12% by 2028. Over 5,000 active data center facilities are operating in the United States today with more than 700 under construction across 38 states. In Virginia alone, data centers consume more than a quarter of the state's electricity.
You do not build that much compute capacity for faster stock settlement. You build that much compute capacity when you intend to process, monitor and enforce rules on every transaction in a programmable financial system. My question: is the US data center buildout designed for domestic programmable finance or for global programmable finance? I don't know. As I understand a similar AI data center buildout is planned for Australia. Maybe that would be used to supplement the load required for US or Global demand. Because if you are pushing stable coins and digital tokens out to the entire world through the dollar system, and THEY're just starting to do, the compute requirements are orders of magnitude larger.
Based on the amount of AI Data Centers they're building I came to the conclusion they are not primarily used for citizen surveillance. Although, that's one of the uses... the main reason THEY need so much compute power is because of the New Financial system that is to come. We're talking about huge computing capacity if it's to judge only by the amount of electricity consumption needed.
Global data center electricity consumption is projected to reach 565 terawatt hours by the end of 2026, up 26% from the year before. Goldman Sachs projects US data center power demand will climb from 31 gigawatt in 2025 to 66 gigawatt by 2027. That is more than doubling in 2 years. The US Department of Energy found that data centers consume 4.4% of all US electricity in 2023 and projects that figure would hit 12% by 2028. Over 5,000 active data center facilities are operating in the United States today with more than 700 under construction across 38 states. In Virginia alone, data centers consume more than a quarter of the state's electricity.
You do not build that much compute capacity for faster stock settlement. You build that much compute capacity when you intend to process, monitor and enforce rules on every transaction in a programmable financial system. My question: is the US data center buildout designed for domestic programmable finance or for global programmable finance? I don't know. As I understand a similar AI data center buildout is planned for Australia. Maybe that would be used to supplement the load required for US or Global demand. Because if you are pushing stable coins and digital tokens out to the entire world through the dollar system, and THEY're just starting to do, the compute requirements are orders of magnitude larger.
Based on the amount of AI Data Centers they're building I came to the conclusion they are not primarily used for citizen surveillance. Although, that's one of the uses... the main reason THEY need so much compute power is because of the New Financial system that is to come. We're talking about huge computing capacity if it's to judge only by the amount of electricity consumption needed.
Global data center electricity consumption is projected to reach 565 terawatt hours by the end of 2026, up 26% from the year before. Goldman Sachs projects US data center power demand will climb from 31 gigawatt in 2025 to 66 gigawatt by 2027. That is more than doubling in 2 years. The US Department of Energy found that data centers consume 4.4% 4% of all US electricity in 2023 and projects that figure would hit 12% by 2028. Over 5,000 active data center facilities are operating in the United States today with more than 700 under construction across 38 states. In Virginia alone, data centers consume more than a quarter of the state's electricity.
You do not build that much compute capacity for faster stock settlement. You build that much compute capacity when you intend to process, monitor and enforce rules on every transaction in a programmable financial system. My question: is the US data center buildout designed for domestic programmable finance or for global programmable finance? I don't know. As I understand a similar AI data center buildout is planned for Australia. Maybe that would be used to supplement the load required for US or Global demand. Because if you are pushing stable coins and digital tokens out to the entire world through the dollar system, and THEY're just starting to do, the compute requirements are orders of magnitude larger.