Virginia county asks all employees, including schools, to conserve power due to AI-driven electricity price hikes — state's 400-plus data centers steadily increasing demand, grid expansion, and pricing
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The grid is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding grid.
  • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    Cut it in half to allow for spikes and that’s still 27,000 homes.

    270 million single people would be 10,000 powerplants or the US with families would need 2,000 nuclear power plants.

    Your calculation is reasonable but 2,000 nuclear power plants is a big number.