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AC Unit <br />;© 24 kWh <br />Central Air conditioning <br />unit for an average day.' <br />Data Center <br />19.4 kWh <br />Required to run a single <br />server unit in a data <br />center for an entire day.2 <br />Electric Vehicle <br />13.2 kWh <br />Used to drive an electric <br />O O vehicle for one day.' <br />By the Numbers <br />Desalination <br />Energy Usage <br />Making fresh drinking water from the ocean <br />requires energy, but not as much as some of <br />our other favorite things, like TV's, <br />Air-conditioning, and electric vehicles. <br />Seawater desalination has <br />long been used in regions <br />all over the world where <br />fresh water is in short <br />supply and recent <br />improvements in <br />desalination technology <br />have resulted in reduced <br />energy consumption and <br />lower operating costs. <br />• Water Heater <br />12.5 kWh <br />Hot Water for an average <br />household per day.^ <br />[1] Duke Energy [4] Duke Energy T= <br />[2] Data Science Association [5] Poseidon Water's Carlsbad Seawater <br />[3] US Environmental Protection Agency Desalination Plant <br />& Federal Housing Administration <br />Poseidon's Carlsbad and <br />Huntington Beach <br />desalination projects will <br />not only be the first <br />large-scale seawater <br />desalination plants built in <br />the state, they will be the <br />largest, most <br />technologically advanced, <br />energy efficient and <br />environmentally friendly <br />seawater desalination <br />plants in the Western <br />Hemisphere. <br />Desalination <br />7.6 kWh <br />Required to produce the <br />daily water supply for an <br />average household.5 <br />