Higher Chance to get Lightning Strike by Large Power Consumption?

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Assume there are two tall building with same height, and the materials are the same, having same distance away from the storm cloud.

Will the one building with extreme high consumption of electricity cause higher chance to get struck by lightning than the one building without ?

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physicsdick said:
Will the one building with extreme high consumption of electricity cause higher chance to get struck by lightning than the one building without ?
No.
Both buildings will have lightning conductors and be earthed. The internal wiring is insulated.
The high currents that flow in cables are designed to be equal and opposite, so they cancel. Large magnetic fields are not generated by cables within the structure.
 
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