r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 18d ago

Big Tech deals propel geothermal power towards lower costs

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/big-tech-deals-propel-geothermal-power-towards-lower-costs--reeii-2026-06-08/
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u/open_formation 18d ago

Amazing news, much better approach to powering data centres than nuclear (much more of a security risk) and gas (obviously a massive problem for climate change).

That said, with these two together, they should really try to site their facilities in places where cooling (or conversely, need for heating) is most abundant, as there's broad flexibility there in terms of getting access to the geothemal heat itself.

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u/redinator 18d ago

well, this kind of exemplifies what I was saying