▲ 295 ▼ Texas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are 5 times higher than peak record demand — 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratorium (www.texastribune.org) submitted 1 month ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 46 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1309635/texas-slams-on-the-brakes-for-1800-data-centers-power-grid-requirements-are-5-times-high
[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) Are you from Texas? If not, you are very well informed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago Yes, I've lived in the DFW area for over twenty years. It's home, for better or (lately) for worse. Still, I don't think any place is hopeless, and even today in Texas there are four blue voters for every 5 red ones. We just need more Ann Richards, Molly Ivins, and Willie Nelson, and fewer of these Christofascist assholes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago Yes, I've lived in the DFW area for over twenty years. It's home, for better or (lately) for worse. Still, I don't think any place is hopeless, and even today in Texas there are four blue voters for every 5 red ones. We just need more Ann Richards, Molly Ivins, and Willie Nelson, and fewer of these Christofascist assholes. permalink fedilink source parent