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Apparently they just... shut down: https://www.kvue.com/article/money/economy/boomtown-2040/samsungs-austin-facility-shutdown-february-freeze/269-09e1de20-509d-
by gwern 4y ago
Apparently they just... shut down: https://www.kvue.com/article/money/economy/boomtown-2040/samsungs-austin-facility-shutdown-february-freeze/269-09e1de20-509d-42d5-8af0-7b69c80242da https://www.kvue.com/article/money/economy/boomtown-2040/sam...
I've read about chip fabs colocating with power plants, but apparently they just plan to sign agreements with the local utility for guarantees: https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2021/09/24/samsung-utilities-are-key-to-17b-decision.html https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2021/09/24/samsung-u...
- extheat 4y ago> just shut down Yes, a year ago.
- gwern 4y agoSure. My point is that you might think they have some sort of fancy backup system or to be totally self-contained because otherwise the alternative is that when the grid has problems, they shut down, and surely they wouldn't do that?! But turns out, they do, and that is not merely a hypothetical and happened quite recently. So, the answer to 'what alternative do they use' may just be 'nothing'.