150TWh / 365 days / 24 hours would be 17 GW power draw. This post is off it's friggin rocker. That'd be 7.5 Diablo Canyon power plants, nameplate capacity of 2.25 GW. Absolutely not. Not unless the sphere is a secret directed energy weapon designed to shoot holes through the moon.

The sphere is powered by renewable energies. There was a deal back in 2019 that let them get off NV Energy, after getting 1 MW renewables on contract. I think this is a better real estimate of power usage; to my knowledge their supply has not been increased but I could be wrong. 8.76 GWh. (17000x less.) https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/msg-sphere-project-...

And that should well be peak. So the number here seems a bit higher even still. It also seems like maybe there was a regulatory aspect; you're only allowed to get off NV Energy if you are big enough, which might have influenced what MSG Sphere contracted for, inflating it up maybe. 1MW also certainly includes all the complex's/venue'a other facilities too; lighting, a very significant HVAC load, and elevators, and other venue functions.

It'd be interesting to know more about what the real power consumption of the screens is. I'm also curious to learn about cooling, especially given that this is Las Vegas - it's hot! It'd be epic for them to be high heat tolerant displays. The potential long term savings could be immense.

Also how often does the sphere run? It's probably led pixels too, no? So power consumption is going to correspond heavily to brightness of the scene.

(Pity Twitter has jumped into a black hole. It'd be interesting to be able to see replies. What a wanker ass move, letting shit like this crap float around freely with no ability to see responses. Just bloody terrible shit.)

Um, this is about 17 GW if I did my math right (150 x10^12 / 24 / 365). For reference, Bruce Power has the worlds largest nuclear reactor and they produce 48 TW-hours per year, with a nameplate capacity of 6.5 GW [0]. Pretty sure this is bullshit.

Also, this person's Twitter handle is "venturecoinist" which probably tells you everything you need to know.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Nuclear_Generating_Sta...

Nah, it’s a completely inaccurate statement. He was wrong and trying to annoy people who believe in climate change. Such is the world in which we live.

“ This newly built Las Vegas sphere cost $2.3 billion and uses 150 terawatt-hours of electricity per year to power the massive screen.

That's almost double the yearly power consumption of Bitcoin.

Wait until the climate people see this...”

U2 is the first artist signed up to play.