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Texas 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 moratorium (www.texastribune.org)
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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If datacenters were losing money at $0.07/kwh on the grid, wait until they're spending $.33/kwh (15 kwh per $5 gal) before you even factor in the price of the diesel generator hardware and maintenance.

Half the joke of those Grok server farms in Mississippi is how ludicrously expensive they are to operate. Elon is paying a premium to ruin local livelihoods.