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Re:New York becomes the first state to impose a data center ... by richwater on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @11:42AM (#48908561)
Grid upgrades would have to happen no matter what. Data centers are just the catalyst and boogeyman at the moment.

This utopia that everyone has about electric cars will never come to fruition without grid upgrades.

This country has systematically underinvested and underdeveloped the electric grid for 50 years and now we are paying the price. It is a government failing.

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Re:New York becomes the first state to impose a data center ... by j16sdiz on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @12:55PM (#48909732)
We are taking about doubling or tripling the power consumption in some place in 2 or 3 years.
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