Each pair of rings is one year, 2015 at the outer edge to 2025 at the center: copper for the electricity Ireland’s homes used, cobalt for its data centers. Thickness shows GWh on one scale; ring length does not. By 2025 data centers used 84% as much as every home in the country.

Central Statistics Office, Ireland, CC BY 4.0. Residential meters include some small businesses. All data centers, not only those used for language models.

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