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Can we also talk about the sheer madness of using single-cycle natural gas turbines to power these things? It's tragic.
by MengerSponge 2mo ago
Can we also talk about the sheer madness of using single-cycle natural gas turbines to power these things? It's tragic.
- MC995 2mo agoThey don't though. At least not all, and not most of the newer ones. All of the DC designs I've worked on the last few years have all included heat absorption chillers driven by engine exhaust (for reciprocating engine power plants) and HRSGs with steam driven chillers for the turbine power plants.
- MengerSponge 2mo agoI'd love to be wrong, but I fear I'm not: https://www.wired.com/story/real-reason-data-center-gas-power-plants-are-so-dirty/ https://www.wired.com/story/real-reason-data-center-gas-powe... It's absurd, cruel, and criminal that any hyperscalers are using fossil fuels of any kind, much less simple cycle turbines.