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Re:Tesla Asking Owners to Limit Charging During Texas Heatwave by JaimeThompson on Saturday May 21, 2022 @11:51AM (#31458930)
I have been told by a few sources but I have no proof that Intel was going to build that huge fab complex in Texas but decided against it since the Texas/ERCOT grid was so unreliable.

Has anyone else heard this?

Re:Tesla Asking Owners to Limit Charging During Texas Heatwave by api on Saturday May 21, 2022 @11:54AM (#31458957)
Re:Tesla Asking Owners to Limit Charging During Texas Heatwave by jcims on Saturday May 21, 2022 @12:07PM (#31459075)
Gargantuan win for Ohio. The plant itself is amazing but the support/supplier industry it brings will be tremendous.

Honda has had two manufacturing plants in central Ohio for decades and 3-4 times as many people employed by the suppliers that popped up in the state than there are direct employees. Obviously the support/supply chain for Intel will be vastly different and won't be moving as much mass but it may make up for it in avg skillset and commensurate salary.

Re:Tesla Asking Owners to Limit Charging During Texas Heatwave by throwtheacctawy on Saturday May 21, 2022 @12:22PM (#31459227)
Smart move. Ohio has a well diversified economy and they really standout among rust belt states.

I read semiconductor plants need a lot of freshwater. It is confusing why Arizona is receiving so much investment in fabs. The entire west is lacking in water. With the exception of the Seattle area; there isn't a city out West that doesn't have a major water concern.

Meanwhile the Great Lakes have the largest bodies of freshwater in the world.

Re:Tesla Asking Owners to Limit Charging During Texas Heatwave by Hallucinaut on Saturday May 21, 2022 @06:16PM (#31462496)
Second largest, even collectively. Lake Baikal is REALLY deep.
Re:Tesla Asking Owners to Limit Charging During Texas Heatwave by JaimeThompson on Saturday May 21, 2022 @12:43PM (#31459415)
I'm not on my main system right now but I remember some papers that said they require a lot of water to start but they recycle a lot of it.