Remember when a “legitimate argument” peddled against #EVs was the power grid would fail? Too much strain? Oh WOE be to the power lines! Grandma will DIE in her home in August because YOU plugged in!
Yet suddenly we are full steam ahead building #datacenters the size of Manhattan to make banana pics. #AI #slop. And the electric demand will be colossal and constant.
Society and the world needs to stop being fooled and corralled by interests that don’t care about you.
@shanie It’s a bit of an apples to oranges comparison though, isn’t it. The grid in the first case has to accommodate cars, which could be anywhere: new areas, old areas, apartment parking lots or suburban garages. Data centres can be more optimally located.
Also there’s an investment case for building data centre power generation ”behind the meter”. You probably wouldn’t want the equivalent, where an automaker runs energy to your home charger from their own power plant.
EVs are batteries, and can serve a buffer function, in particular if they are decentralized.
So your argument would need to be inverted: Data centres destabilize the grid in any possible setup, while EVs, if used as dynamic elements, can be the solution to grid destabilization.
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