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Household upgrades can meet 100 percent of data center demand growth
- bix6 1y ago> If hyperscalers paid for 50 percent of the upfront cost of installing heat pumps in homes with electric resistance heating, they could get capacity on the grid at a price of about $344/kW-year — a similar cost to building and operating a new gas power plant, which currently costs about $315/kW-year.13 I feel like I’m missing something. This relies on corporations putting American households ahead of their bottom line which never happens?
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> This relies on corporations putting American households ahead of their bottom line It doesn’t. “…data-center developers scrambling for electricity intend to use on-site power for a few years until the grid infrastructure can catch up. A few plan to bypass the grid indefinitely, and others expect to split the difference, using a mix of grid and on-site power” [1]. Paying for a heat pump may be cheaper than installing generators. Better: doing both may confer an advantage (and inoculate against future backlash). [1] https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/ai-data-centers-desperate-for-electricity-are-building-their-own-power-plants-291f5c81?mod=mhp https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/ai-data-centers-desp...
- bix6 1y agoPaywall for me but won’t they prefer to manage 1 site vs thousands of household installs? This just seems like something the gov would handle not corps.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> won’t they prefer to manage 1 site vs thousands of household installs? This just seems like something the gov would handle not corps Why would the company manage? Fund a publicly-administered programme.
- bix6 1y agoWell fingers crossed then