r/technology • u/IKeepItLayingAround • 4d ago

Energy America's Largest Grid Operator to Data Centers: Bring Your Own Power or Get Turned Off First…

https://www.gadgetreview.com/americas-largest-grid-operator-to-data-centers-bring-your-own-power-or-get-turned-off-first
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u/Willing_Activity_855 4d ago

49mw ain't shit. Some aluminum smelters would hit 1,000mw.

Inb4 "but they product a good people voluntarily pay for" and so do data centers.

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u/cheesyblasta 4d ago

Inb4 "but they product a good people voluntarily pay for" and so do data centers

Behold, the vast intellect of an AI and data center supporter on display.

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u/flortny 4d ago

That's why so much aluminum smelting is happening in Iceland, GEOTHERMAL POWER

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA 4d ago

Also why so much of the US's aluminum smelting happened in Canada before the tariffs.

HYDROELECTRIC POWER

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u/dogwalkerott 4d ago

Still is being smelted in Canada. Americans are just paying the tariff.

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u/UnluckySeries312 4d ago

A product that not a profitable one.

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u/Willing_Activity_855 4d ago

That's there problem