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sidestream.bsky.social • 89 days ago

Solar is cheaper than gas so this is short term.

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willmathis.bsky.social•89 days ago

Sure but Meta and other tech companies want power 24/7

sidestream.bsky.social•89 days ago

Battery plus solar is well established for providing 24/7 power.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/rush-data-centers-creates-us-solar-hotspots-2024-02-22/

willmathis.bsky.social•89 days ago

That articles says that the utility in Arizona is adding more gas plants because of the increase in demand from data centers

sidestream.bsky.social•89 days ago

My bad, did not catch that. I still think solar and batteries will eat the world though. Mostly because its cheaper to build a 1 MWh solar farm than it is to build a 1 MWh gas plant.

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