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Data centers increase strain on the grid, so their supply lines do too.
by throwaway667555 2mo ago
Data centers increase strain on the grid, so their supply lines do too.
- AnthonyMouse 2mo agoData centers are a fixed load with on-site backup generators that can be used to shed load when the grid is stressed. Grids actually like that sort of thing. It lets them use more cheap renewables.
- inigyou 2mo agoThat makes no sense. Building new grid increases strain on the grid? No, it reduces strain, that's why they're doing it.
- throwaway667555 2mo agoWithout explanation, you think power plants aren't "the grid" that's being strained?
- inigyou 2mo agoI think the grid is the grid, you know, the system of interconnections between electricity producers and consumers.
- throwaway667555 2mo agoYou learn something new every day.