Data centers need electricity fast, but utilities need years to build power plants – who should pay?
theconversation.com
How many data centers will be built – and how much electricity they’ll need – is uncertain. Being prepared costs money, but so does being unprepared.
  • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Just because they’re a data center doesn’t mean they’re suddenly immune to the regulations and processes a utility has to go through to build a generator.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Musk is running filthy methane generators in Memphis to power his datacenter. No permits, nada.