Ketan Joshi1d ago

It is persistently fascinating to me that rapid data centre expansion threatens the *exact* same type of blackout related to the 2016 South Australia blackouts that changed climate and energy politics essentially permanently in Aus

And it gets...........zero attention.

https://www.aemc.gov.au/news-centre/media-releases/aemc-proposes-new-grid-standards-data-centre-connections

Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘1d ago
@ketan You mean the data centres could be knocked over by extremely high winds? 🤔
Show threadDavid Penington
@anne_twain Data centres can suddenly and simultaneosly drop off the grid. The sudden loss of demand can destabilise the grid as voltage go too high & other components trip.
Mar 17 at 9:22amWeb
Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘17h ago
@DavidPenington Yeah, pretty sure that's what it says in the quoted article.