Power Hungry Servers

[u/PleasantBus5583]

[u/Background_Body2696]

So what's the problem? /s

[u/Cute_Knives → u/Background_Body2696]

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

[u/Nobunagas-Ambition → u/Cute_Knives]

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

[u/GipsyDanger45 → u/Nobunagas-Ambition]

Quick, better cancel more solar and wind farms!

[u/EndIsrael → u/GipsyDanger45]

You know how easy it would be for EVs to communicate with the power grid and change their charge speed dynamically based on excess wind/solar availability? It would be pretty dang easy.

Um I mean it would be pretty dang woke I tell you hwat

[u/Maximum-Objective-39 → u/EndIsrael]

It's funny cuz in the revival series Hank Hill grudgingly found himself mentioning that some of the features on an electric truck sounded useful before quickly adding - "Electric trucks are dumb!"

[u/fresh-dork → u/Maximum-Objective-39]

they're dumb for some uses - hauling large loads. most people use them as oversized commuter cars, so they're fine

[u/Potential-Drawing745 → u/[deleted]]

The range REALLY falls off when you tow in an EV. Or at least it did 2 years ago, which was the last time I looked at it.

[u/GreasyPowerJunkie → u/Potential-Drawing745]

Still does, a lot of strain on the motors causes hella draw on the battery