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OpenAI’s planned data center in Texas, which has been dubbed “Stargate,” exemplifies this trend, boasting an expected capacity of 2.2 gigawatts (GW) of power. To put that in perspective, this amount of energy exceeds the needs of many small cities. The implications of this scale are enormous—as these centers serve dedicated clusters for model training and post-training processes—forcing a re-evaluation of energy generation, consumption, and implications for the surrounding environment.