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That was already done years ago and people are predicting that the grid will be maxed out soon.
by wmf 2y ago
That was already done years ago and people are predicting that the grid will be maxed out soon.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoBuild new data centers near sources of power, and grid capacity isn’t going to be a problem. Heck, American industry used to follow that (building garment factories on fast moving rivers before electricity was much of a thing, Boeing grew up in the northwest due to cheap aluminum helped out by hydro). Why is AI somehow different from an airplane?
- wmf 2y agoThey'll have to build new power generation and build the data centers next to it.
- sitkack 2y agoYou are massively conflating what is possible with what is done.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoI know data centers are built next to wind farms for these reasons already. We have an abundance of those projects out here in the PNW.