A lot of them are already "off the grid" in a sense, but they usually set up their own fossil fuel plants instead of renewables.

Honestly we just need legislation to start phasing out fossil fuels.

Why wouldn't you put them on the grid? The point of a grid is to have more robust and reliable energy distribution.

How about they need to spend some of their trillions on solar and wind (and batteries) that are connected to the grid so they're adding electricity generation to the grid that's equal to the their energy consumption?

That way when the bubble inevitably bursts, we can shut down the dirtier forms of electricity generation since there will be an excess of clean energy.

Alberta, Canada just passed a law that data centers MUST use fossil fuels.

And if they need crazy amounts of water then they can desalinate ocean water with more solar

No, they just shouldn't exist. And they shouldn't use materials for renewable energy which could be used to provide power to actual useful things.

“Today’s decision doesn’t mean Thailand is closing the door to data centre investment because the industry is critical to the country’s competitiveness,” Ekniti said. “We simply want clear and consistent standards in place to ensure the industry can grow sustainably.”

Thailand will establish uniform oversight of data centres in operation, as well as those being developed, Danucha said.

Governments the world over are tightening oversight of data centres as the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence has led to a surge in such facilities.

It seems reasonable, on the face.

https://youtu.be/2UH1JKipCF4