beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTexas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are 5 times higher than peak record demand — 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratoriumwww.texastribune.orgexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1275arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1275arrow-down1external-linkTexas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are 5 times higher than peak record demand — 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratoriumwww.texastribune.orgbeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarezod000@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 day agoAt this rate Ted Cruz will just have to move to Cancun full time since he leaves every time the power grid does down there. At least there is one positive.
At this rate Ted Cruz will just have to move to Cancun full time since he leaves every time the power grid does down there. At least there is one positive.