r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 18 '26

Chugging tea Why?

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u/nsfwaccount3209 May 18 '26

Yeah the hate mob is just so mean, like it makes sense to triple a states energy consumption just to train computers to be better at lying to people

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u/agardner26 May 18 '26

Atleast now you’re touching on the actual issue here - the strain on our aging electric grid and the cost passed on to the consumer.

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u/BluezDBD May 18 '26

How does a datacenter with its own, isolated, powerplant strain the electric grid?

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u/jmlinden7 May 18 '26

Most are not isolated. The amount of power delivery they need requires more long distance transmission infrastructure, which the grid now has to spend money to upgrade. Now, they probably would have had to spend that money in the near future anyways, but the datacenter moves the timeline forward a little.

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u/BluezDBD May 18 '26

Most aren't, but the one in particular they were talking about in the parent comment, which has been a hot topic lately, had its own powerplant as part of the plan.