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trump stooge activities cannot be blamed on data centers. The relevant technical authorities did not want this.

• svnt 1y ago
  What are you talking about? This is literally the only mechanism to allow coal-fired plants to avoid sunsetting on schedule. Who are the “relevant technical authorities”?
  • coryrc 1y ago
    "DOE issued the emergency order without a request from the plant owner, transmission provider or grid operator"
    • svnt 1y ago
      Without getting in to the fact that none of those people operate datacenters, what does that mean to you? You think Trump and Co are doing this as a purely political move to irritate environmentalists?
• yencabulator 1y ago
  Oh yes environmentalism is clearly why the data center owners themselves are running generators 24/7.
  • coryrc 1y ago
    "All of the electricity consumed by Amazon’s operations, including its data centers, was matched with 100% renewable energy in 2023." https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/amazon-renewable-energy-goal https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/amazon-renew...
    • yencabulator 1y ago
      AWS is perhaps the most established vendor in this space. They if any should have their architecture sorted out and have great execution on their growth. Meanwhile, https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/06/elon-musk-xai-memphis-gas-turbines-air-pollution-permits-00317582 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/06/elon-musk-xai-memph... https://www.newsweek.com/ai-race-fossil-powered-generators-are-data-centers-dirty-secret-2068791 https://www.newsweek.com/ai-race-fossil-powered-generators-a... https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/elon-musks-new-worlds-fastest-ai-data-center-is-powered-by-massive-portable-power-generators-to-sidestep-electricity-supply-constraints https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intell...