“DCs as grid assets” is a much more interesting and useful topic than the doomer “ai will destroy the grid”

Waiting a year for yearly chart updates annoys me. I was using monthly inflation adjusted electricity price charts, but I found it hard to see trends through the seasonal noise. So, I made new charts that use 12 month trailing averages to make it easier to see YoY changes.

Opposition to AI on its environmental footprint is more and more ludicrous as you add context. From Google: Based on our recent analysis, we found that our work on efficiency is proving effective and the energy consumed per median prompt is equivalent to watching television for

Need to correct the New Yorker here: it’s not “the internet” that wants to see our ID. It’s politicians and so-called safetyist activists on the left and right that work on state and federal laws to force age-gating and age verification. Let’s be accurate.

Yes, data centers benefit the communities they're in. - "We have a fully funded police department for the first time." - "The new hospital is a blessing." - "The new school is gleaming!" - "Construction tradesmen have work every year!" kuow.org/stories/washin…

american politics swings hard, you're in favor one cycle and out the next fed lands require fed permission for any type of project this is why so much fed lands out west is a blocker for industrial growth that needs stability across election cycles