On Jun 23, 2023, at 18:04, Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com> wrote:
On 6/23/23 4:01 PM, Delong.com via NANOG wrote: The electric grid complaints are about the demand on the grid making the entire region less stable and proposed construction of new high-voltage tower corridors for data centers. Yeah, I can kind of understand those, but as long as the grid is properly planned, it really shouldn’t have a destabilizing effect. In fact, many datacenter in California do CoGen and end up providing additional grid stability.
Uh, ::cough:: PGE ::cough::
I so wanted to schadenfreude so bad with Texas and their shitty grid, but then remembered where I live.
Mike
What’s not to love about a power company that literally qualifies as a recidivist felon? It is my sincere hope to finish my mortgage and then start putting money towards electrical independence. (Wind, more solar, batteries, and disconnecting Persistent Graft and Extortion). Owen