Last updated Nov 29, 2025
Sacks @ 01:21:16Inconclusive
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Within "several years" of May 2025 (interpretable as by roughly 2030), individual AI/data‑center facilities with total power draw in the 5–10 gigawatt range will exist and be in operation.
we're just starting to now see the first gigawatt power data centers. I don't even think they're live yet, but this is where they're trying to get to. And I don't think it's beyond the realm of possibility that we could be at 5 or 10 gigawatt data centers in the next, I don't know, several years.View on YouTube
Explanation

The prediction’s timeframe is “in the next several years” from May 2025, which is reasonably interpretable as by around 2030. As of November 30, 2025, that horizon has not yet arrived, so the prediction cannot be fully evaluated.

On the factual side as of late 2025:

  • Industry reports and news articles describe very large data centers and AI-specific campuses in the hundreds of megawatts (MW) range, with some roadmaps and power‑purchase agreements targeting ~1 GW-class campuses over time, but there is no credible evidence of a single AI/data‑center facility with 5–10 gigawatts of total power draw already existing and operating.
  • The largest publicly discussed hyperscale projects (including AI compute clusters and multi‑building campuses) still cite capacities well below 5 GW; where higher multi‑GW numbers appear, they generally refer to multi‑site regional plans or long‑term utility interconnection capacity, not one individual facility.

Since:

  1. The relevant deadline (≈2030) has not yet passed; and
  2. The prediction is about what will exist by that future time, not what exists by 2025;

the correct status as of now is inconclusive rather than right or wrong.