beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoTexas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are 5 times higher than peak record demand — 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratoriumwww.texastribune.orgexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1275arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1275arrow-down1external-linkTexas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are 5 times higher than peak record demand — 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratoriumwww.texastribune.orgbeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareprinterhell@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·21 hours agoMy understanding is that this is just a political stunt and that data centers can easily meet the audit requirements. Time will tell though.
minus-squareNatakuNox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours ago100% the grid can handle it if you shed the poorest of your population from the grid. And where do you think any new infrastructure will be going in Texas. Around the neighborhoods that need it or around data centers?
My understanding is that this is just a political stunt and that data centers can easily meet the audit requirements. Time will tell though.
100% the grid can handle it if you shed the poorest of your population from the grid. And where do you think any new infrastructure will be going in Texas. Around the neighborhoods that need it or around data centers?