FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoA major watchdog says data centers are wreaking havoc on North America's power gridwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkA major watchdog says data centers are wreaking havoc on North America's power gridwww.businessinsider.comFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoCorrect! But that costs money to build. Why do that when you could offload the consequences to someone else?
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIn a functioning system, anyone connecting a large site to the grid would need to sign a contract about how they’ll use power which would include these provisions, and a contract without them would cost far more.
Correct! But that costs money to build. Why do that when you could offload the consequences to someone else?
In a functioning system, anyone connecting a large site to the grid would need to sign a contract about how they’ll use power which would include these provisions, and a contract without them would cost far more.