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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 | 1 comments | 04 Sep 25 12:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.405s | source
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vlovich123 ◴[04 Sep 25 15:00 UTC] No.45128066[source]▶
In the US people are complaining about electricity like it’s a scarce resource while China has drastically overbuilt energy capacity (solar and nuclear) and gives 0 shits about AI or crypto. One of these approaches seems better thought through.
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AlexandrB ◴[04 Sep 25 15:26 UTC] No.45128360[source]▶
> solar and nuclear

And coal: https://www.carbonbrief.org/chinas-construction-of-new-coal-...

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1. vlovich123 ◴[04 Sep 25 15:47 UTC] No.45128594[source]▶
Right - because their nuclear power plant construction mechanisms are just starting to scale up and they need something to backfill baseload when solar doesn't cut it. Coal growth is still shrinking and will peak in 2030 at which point it will get squeezed out by all other energy sources.