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Re:Datacentres drive up big tech's carbon emissions to a thi... by Matticus_Rex on Sunday July 12, 2026 @09:09AM (#48880910)
He's talking about the interconnection queue. You see the 100MW of solar they're wiring up, but not the hundreds of gigawatts in the queue.
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Re:Datacentres drive up big tech's carbon emissions to a thi... by timschmidt on Sunday July 12, 2026 @09:40AM (#48881169)
I imagine it'd be a lot easier to get a giant datacenter through the queue and connected if said datacenter also generated more than it's own needs with solar and grid scale battery. You'd essentially be asking the grid to act as a backup and sink for spare generation. Avoiding a need for central generation capacity buildout.
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Re:Datacentres drive up big tech's carbon emissions to a thi... by ch4s3 on Sunday July 12, 2026 @05:54PM (#48885195)
> I imagine it'd be a lot easier to get a giant datacenter through the queue and connected if said datacenter also generated more than it's own needs

You'd be wrong. Projects get evaluated FIFO, and each has to do a grid impact study. Data centers are buying other generation projects to get a better position in line. This is all the result of bad regulation.

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