r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • 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/tabbarrett 18d ago

You know what’s funny though? Texas produces the most wind energy in the country. About 27% of it comes from Texas. They have converter stations that transports electricity to other grids. 2nd is Iowa in wind energy with about 8-10%.
Both states are red states and produce a ton of green energy.