--- title: GW | daily.dev description: A brief quip observing that power consumption (gigawatts) for compute infrastructure is growing faster than actual computational throughput (teraflops), likely... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gw-qocrojbty twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GW | daily.dev og:description: A brief quip observing that power consumption (gigawatts) for compute infrastructure is growing faster than actual computational throughput (teraflops), likely... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/gw-qocrojbty og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QoCROJBTY.png og:image:alt: GW og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GW **[Watercooler](https://daily.dev/sources/watercooler)** · [@thecookingsenpai](https://daily.dev/thecookingsenpai) · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary A brief quip observing that power consumption (gigawatts) for compute infrastructure is growing faster than actual computational throughput (teraflops), likely referencing AI data center energy demands. ## Content At this rate, we will have more GW than TFLOPS ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@idoshamun** · 0 upvotes > not sure i understand the reference ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [10,000-watt GPU meet 40-watt lump of meat](https://daily.dev/posts/10-000-watt-gpu-meet-40-watt-lump-of-meat-04q7t3mx0) · Dave Rupert · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [The AI Bubble's Impossible Promises](https://daily.dev/posts/the-ai-bubble-s-impossible-promises-grf6xcnq3) · Where's Your Ed At · 19 upvotes · 2 comments - [The Growing Compute Shortage](https://daily.dev/posts/the-growing-compute-shortage-pilxjhycv) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/gw-qocrojbty) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/gw-qocrojbty","headline":"GW","text":"A brief quip observing that power consumption (gigawatts) for compute infrastructure is growing faster than actual computational throughput (teraflops), likely referencing AI data center energy demands.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gw-qocrojbty","datePublished":"2026-08-18T09:19:35.109Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T21:22:03.269Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"TheCookingSenpai","url":"https://daily.dev/thecookingsenpai","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ffrIwc1G--/f_auto/v1757426086/avatars/avatar_ScKiWPtqpsvwHAvAS0jvG?_a=BAMClqZW0","description":"Coding since VB6, I would do it even if it wasn't my job. I founded Kynesys Labs with two friends. ","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"KyneSys Labs","logo":"https://res.cloudinary.com/daily-now/image/upload/s--CmeIShRq--/f_auto/v1725743668/companies/kynesys"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":12610}},"interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}],"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"not sure i understand the reference","datePublished":"2026-08-19T17:24:29.378Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/QoCROJBTY#c-K5vlzVgEY","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ido Shamun","url":"https://daily.dev/idoshamun","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s---xy_OAwk--/f_auto,q_auto/v1703781380/avatars/avatar_28849d86070e4c099c877ab6837c61f0"}}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/watercooler","name":"Watercooler"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Watercooler","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/watercooler"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"GW"}]} ```