Meanwhile, in the #BadEconomy.

> US data centers to drive electricity demand to record levels https://www.semafor.com/article/07/31/2025/us-data-centers-to-drive-electricity-demand-to-record-levels

Note however, that while #Gringoville is ramping up coal, in China it's renewable energy for the data centers.

On side note, timely story as I recently finished reading the book 'Fulfillment,' which has some mentions of Amazon's data centers and their demands.

#tech #energy #Internet

US data centers to drive electricity demand to record levels

Data centers’ voracious need for power, combined with rising natural gas prices means more power plants are switching from gas back to coal.