▲ 295 ▼ Texas 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 moratorium (www.texastribune.org) submitted 1 week ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1309635/texas-slams-on-the-brakes-for-1800-data-centers-power-grid-requirements-are-5-times-high
[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 26 points 1 week ago (1 child) Good. Texas can barely keep the lights on under normal circumstances. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] No1@aussie.zone 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) Maybe the lights are on, but nobody is home? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago Oh they are definitely home. But they are sitting naked on the living room floor rocking back and forth in a meth induced psychosis while clutching an assault rifle illegally modified for full auto. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] No1@aussie.zone 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) Maybe the lights are on, but nobody is home? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago Oh they are definitely home. But they are sitting naked on the living room floor rocking back and forth in a meth induced psychosis while clutching an assault rifle illegally modified for full auto. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago Oh they are definitely home. But they are sitting naked on the living room floor rocking back and forth in a meth induced psychosis while clutching an assault rifle illegally modified for full auto. permalink fedilink source parent