energy-consuming

Example Sentences

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He dismisses regulation as a constraint on US competitiveness with China, even as more and more Americans come out angrily against AI and the huge energy-consuming data centers needed to power it.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Grace is sent into space on a one-way mission to stop the spread of an energy-consuming organism called Astrophage, which threatens to create a new Ice Age on Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

This outer train of reactors would operate at generally cooler temperatures and would be used to evacuate oxygen from the hotter inner train, without the need for energy-consuming mechanical pumps.

From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2023

The relationship between black holes and accretion disks is one of the most energy-consuming processes in the universe, right up there with gamma-ray bursts, in which black holes devour entire stars, Kaaz said.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2023

The thoughts that run through his brain are not new, constructive, energy-consuming thoughts, but the same old thoughts that have been going around in circles for days and weeks at a time.

From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Jackson, Josephine A.