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We Found the Hidden Cost of Data Centers. It's in Your Electric Bill [video]

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156 points xbmcuser | 2 comments | 04 Sep 25 12:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.403s | source
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fibers ◴[04 Sep 25 13:17 UTC] No.45126940[source]▶
I was looking into energy markets and how they work and it is truly a cluster of moving parts all along the Eastern Interconnect. The question is when is the shoe going to really drop? You can only keep prices going up on an inelastic good before something really bad happens, and this doesn't even touch climate tail risks like heat sagging tx lines across the grid.
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1. datadrivenangel ◴[04 Sep 25 13:44 UTC] No.45127227[source]▶
Good news is that line replacement is definitely occurring. Especially for higher power lines, the modern conductors that are used for rewiring lines have lower loses and less sag.

PJM is a shitshow though.

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2. fibers ◴[04 Sep 25 14:27 UTC] No.45127660[source]▶
Do you have more info on this? What's the deal with PJM's reluctance on upgrades?