beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months 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-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square40linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareprinterhell@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoMy understanding is that this is just a political stunt and that data centers can easily meet the audit requirements. Time will tell though.
My understanding is that this is just a political stunt and that data centers can easily meet the audit requirements. Time will tell though.