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acdhayesterday at 11:21 PM0 repliesview on HN

New is heavily solar, yes, but there’s still too much natural gas and the administration is deeply committed to returning the investment fossil fuel companies made in the president’s campaign so I wouldn’t bet on that continuing.

What’s more of a concern is coal being kept online just for data centers. Even if the national average drops, that’s a regional health risk where it happens.

https://www.powermag.com/power-demand-from-data-centers-keep...

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67205