beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTexas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are 5 times higher than peak record demand — 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratoriumwww.texastribune.orgexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTexas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are 5 times higher than peak record demand — 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratoriumwww.texastribune.orgbeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square39linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarebitteroldcoot@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoGood. Texas can barely keep the lights on under normal circumstances.
Good.
Texas can barely keep the lights on under normal circumstances.