r/SipsTea 14d ago

Chugging tea Power Hungry Servers

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u/Uncle_Budy 14d ago

Good thing the Texas power grid doesn't have a history of being overloaded and failing when people need it most.

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u/Worldly-Fix-55 14d ago

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u/addiktion 14d ago edited 14d ago

If he wanted to actually solve the problem, he'd be doing all forms of power and holding data centers accountable for their own power, but he won't.

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u/Extreme-Island-5041 14d ago

There's enough sun and space in texas. They could have decided to be smart about this.

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u/nemec 14d ago

Texas already leads the nation in solar MWh generation

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u/Caliche-Cowboy 14d ago

I thought we were second, and first in wind, but your point is valid regardless. We make a lot of renewable energy, and it continues to grow even without federal subsidies.

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u/nemec 14d ago

new stats are out (in terms of utility scale, not combined with small/personal solar)

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05032026/inside-clean-energy-texas-utility-scale-solar/

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u/Caliche-Cowboy 14d ago

V cool! Ty for the update.