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US Grid Constraints: Towards 40GW+ of Behind-the-Meter Datacenter by 2028?

24 points • by felixdoerp • today at 7:36 AM • 24 comments • view on HN

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Humorist2290 • today at 9:32 AM

Interesting analysis. In it they say

  Worse, the burden [generating energy] increasingly falls on the buyer [data center developers]
I don't believe this is worse, but appropriate. The grid is a shared resource, used by enterprise and individuals. If some class of consumers demand an outsized share of that resource, they should pay an outsized share of its maintenance and development. I don't see that happening.

It's as if trucking companies flooded the highways with so many trucks that people couldn't commute to work anymore.

alex_duf • today at 8:36 AM

What an absolute ecological disaster. If bubble there is, now would be a great time for it to pop.

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felixdoerp • today at 9:29 AM

I am interested to see how this plays out and what will happen to potentially stranded assets. Not even talking about outdated chips but all these gas turbines. I appreciate what this push can do to the built out of grids etc.

loadcurve • today at 7:53 AM

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