I was there! It was a common conservative talking point in the pre-COVID era. Stopped hearing it as much once Dork Sidious decided to publicly back the pedophile class. Curious as that may seem, I’m sure it’s all a giant coinkidink.
datacenters tell the grid how much they use, which is slightly different than consumer electric usage where the power company can only use historical data.
I also heard “we cant just add a massive amount of electric cars to the country, the electricity grid cannot handle the increased load”
The data centers say otherwise
“Oh ai is different, I’m pretty sure it’ll help generate electricity for us! Musk is amazing, just trust the process!”
I was there! It was a common conservative talking point in the pre-COVID era. Stopped hearing it as much once Dork Sidious decided to publicly back the pedophile class. Curious as that may seem, I’m sure it’s all a giant coinkidink.
In their defense, datacenters can be built anywhere, whereas EV chargers have to be built everywhere.
That said, they definitely didn’t eminent-domain people’s houses to build beefier power lines for EVs.
datacenters tell the grid how much they use, which is slightly different than consumer electric usage where the power company can only use historical data.
not that it’s a big enough difference to matter.
The number of EVs registered in each state is a matter of public record, so forecasting isn’t that complicated.