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Plenty of power and it’s almost always renewable: https://explore.openelectricity.org.au/energy/tas1/?range=7d&interval=30m&view=discrete-time&group=Detailed&sh
by matt_daemon 1y ago
Plenty of power and it’s almost always renewable: https://explore.openelectricity.org.au/energy/tas1/?range=7d&interval=30m&view=discrete-time&group=Detailed&show=curtailment_wind https://explore.openelectricity.org.au/energy/tas1/?range=7d...
There’s also plenty more there than sheep and tourists (and not really that many of those)
- decimalenough 1y agoThere's pretty national parks, convict history and some pretty tasty whiskeys and wines, but not a whole lot of reasons to build a data centre. The power argument isn't particularly compelling either, because it's much more sunny on the Australian mainland.
- hn_throwaway_99 1y ago> The power argument isn't particularly compelling either, because it's much more sunny on the Australian mainland. But the vast majority of Tasmania's power is hydroelectric. Hydro is a much more desirable renewable than solar because it essentially is its own built in battery.
- hsjsjdnbdbdb 1y agoMight need to fact check yourself there mate. Tasmania has issues with enough power for some industries. There was a factory that could not get enough power to a planned upgrade. God knows how a datacentre would do down there....