Arc furnace: peak of about 250 MW to melt the steel [1]
Datacenter: seems to cap out at around 850 MW [2]
Same ballpark I guess? Probably both are limited by inexpensive power availability + other connectivity factors (road/rail, fiber).
[1]: “Therefore, a 300-tonne, 300 MVA EAF will require approximately 132 MWh of energy to melt the steel, and a "power-on time" (the time that steel is being melted with an arc) of approximately 37 minutes.” via https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_arc_furnace
Datacenter: seems to cap out at around 850 MW [2]
Same ballpark I guess? Probably both are limited by inexpensive power availability + other connectivity factors (road/rail, fiber).
[1]: “Therefore, a 300-tonne, 300 MVA EAF will require approximately 132 MWh of energy to melt the steel, and a "power-on time" (the time that steel is being melted with an arc) of approximately 37 minutes.” via https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_arc_furnace
[2]: https://www.racksolutions.com/news/blog/how-many-servers-doe...