Wow, I didn't realize there were currently any hosting providers who had managed to find 24/7 carbon-free electricity (CFE). Hydro seems like the only option ri

Wow, I didn't realize there were currently any hosting providers who had managed to find 24/7 carbon-free electricity (CFE). Hydro seems like the only option right now for data centers because we don't have energy storage on the scale needed to run a data center 24/7 using only wind and solar. Nuclear may also be an option in the future if small modular reactors get on a learning curve that reduces their price/kWh to be more competitive. I always forget about nuclear as a CFE energy source even though it's like 50% of the US's carbon free energy. David Roberts, a very wonky and wonderful climate journalist, had Google's director of energy on his podcast to talk about Google's goal of having all their data centers operate on 24/7 CFE. This podcast is why I'm surprised any hosting provider has managed to do achieve 24/7 CFE because its an order or magnitude more difficult than achieving "100% CFE". Here is the link to that episode: https://www.volts.wtf/p/volts-podcast-michael-terrell-on#details https://www.volts.wtf/p/volts-podcast-michael-terrell-on#det... If you're interested in this enough to choose your hosting provider based off their energy mix I think you'd really enjoy his substack and podcast. For other comment readers if you the difference between 100% CFE and 24/7 isn't clear, Google's blog post announcing their goal of 24/7 CFE explains the difference between the two and why 24/7 CFE is waaaay more difficult and currently only something a company with Google's resources could do.