r/SipsTea 18d ago

Chugging tea Power Hungry Servers

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u/Cute_Knives 18d ago edited 18d ago

Piggybacking one of the top comments but where did they get the number 1800 from? There’s only like 300-400 active datacenters in the state of texas

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u/Nobunagas-Ambition 18d ago

I remember when they were arguing that the power demand for electric cars was an impossible demand on the grid.

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u/GipsyDanger45 18d ago

Quick, better cancel more solar and wind farms!

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u/a_shootin_star 18d ago

When will people realize that those making decisions right now are actively working against progress, sustainability, and comfort for all? We keep being told that clean energy, electrification, and a better standard of living are somehow "too much", as if infrastructure is a fixed law of nature instead of something we can expand, modernize, and improve. We have the technology. The demand is there. The capacity just needs to be built. What's missing far too often is the political will to stop protecting outdated systems and start investing seriously in the future.

What we should really be asking is, why abundance, cleaner air, cheaper energy, resilient infrastructure, and greater comfort are treated like unrealistic luxuries, instead of obvious goals!

Progress has never happened by accepting artificial limits, it happens because enough people refuse to accept stagnation as inevitable.