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• @washingtonpost @washingtonpost on x

  After the rapid growth of data centers triggered pushback from politicians, utilities and local residents over the pressures they place on the grid, tech companies are now building their own fleet of private power plants, mostly fueled by natural gas. https://www.washingtonpost.c…

• @oilfield_rando Oilfield Rando on x

  NATTY BULLS REJOICE

• @marypcbuk Mary Branscombe on bluesky

  not having to wait for a grid connection means you can built out a data centre much more quickly; it's an attempt to buy a lead in time to market, to grab customers who might be too lazy to move to alternatives later.  it hasn't been done before because regulations on pollution u…

• @shiraovide Shira Ovide on bluesky

  Hundreds of AI data centers are sprouting up.  The electrical grid cannot handle it all.  —  The answer for now is largely off-grid, fossil fuel generators.  —  “This whole thing feels like a fairy tale concocted on the back of a napkin,” one expert said.  —  www.washingtonpost.c…

• @kostyack John Kostyack on bluesky

  @evanhalper.bsky.social on one of the most important developments in the US power sector: the tech industry's push to power data centers without a grid connection.  The effect of this fossil gas buildout is massive damage to the climate & local air and water w minimal regulatory …

• @justinhendrix Justin Hendrix on bluesky

  “After the rapid growth of data centers triggered pushback from politicians, utilities and local residents over the pressures they place on the grid, tech companies are now building their own fleet of private power plants, mostly fueled by natural gas.”

• @jessimckenzi Jessica McKenzie on bluesky

  in retrospect, it was so quaint how concerned i was about a handful of old power plants getting a new lease on life to mine bitcoin, but it really was a sign of where things would go with the ai and data center boom