People who work in pulsed kW laser labs are all sitting here salivating at thought and also horrified at the thought.

Salivating because that's a lot of power that you can use for experiments, much more than most laser technicians have ever seen.

Horrified because not only are you going to go instantly blind (as usual), but now the rest of your head will smolder too.

55kW at 240V is only 230A. A typical house gets 200A service. It’s a lot of power, but you wouldn’t have to move mountains to get it if you worked at a lab that needed it. It could be had for less than the price of many used cars.