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This is cool, but I'm waiting for the announcements for datacenters to start establishing on-site geothermal power for baseload power supply.
by sheikhnbake 9mo ago
This is cool, but I'm waiting for the announcements for datacenters to start establishing on-site geothermal power for baseload power supply.
- AnishLaddha 9mo agohttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250612778008/en/XGS-Energy-and-Meta-to-Partner-on-150-MW-Advanced-Geothermal-Project https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250612778008/en/XGS... seems like they're getting the ball rolling, will be interesting to see how this scales
- caminante 9mo agoTech scale isn't the problem. The problem is geographic. You need hot rock near the surface. It's too expensive to drill deep in most places.
- caminante 9mo agoOn-site? (Behind the meter) You'll be waiting a while as the subsurface siting is highly specific. These would be unicorn projects. Datacenters are trying to just pull geothermal electrons from same geographic grid, at best.