Equation 2 · Part 7 · The Real Resource Footprint of Building Colossus
Denominator: 15
What this part means
The complete quantity below the fraction bar; it must be nonzero for this division.
Its job in the formula
15 occurs below the fraction bar. The quantity above the bar is divided by this expression; zero is excluded as a denominator.
Full expression→Denominator: 15→Article meaning
The passage around this formula
…Health Department’s air permit — the subject of the next section — authorizes turbines capable of roughly 247.2 megawatts combined [ 6 ] . A second small equation falls directly out of that filing: the permit covers 15 Solar SMT-130 turbine units for a combined 247.2 megawatts, implying an average unit rating of . The Southaven site’s later authorization, covered in the DOJ-intervention reporting below, lists 27 turbines totaling roughly 495 megawatts — 495 divided by 27 is about 18.3…
Learn the underlying idea
A fraction a/b means a divided by b. The top number is the numerator; the bottom number is the denominator, and it cannot be zero.
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Sources cited in the surrounding passage
- [6] Colossus 1 Power Station ↗
- [10] DOJ Intervenes on Behalf of xAI in Data Center Gas Turbine Lawsuit ↗
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