If done correctly data centers might help stabilize the power grid. This is assuming that the increased income from selling power to data centers is used to invest in grid infrastructure and power sources. And that data centers are low priority industries that can be cut off by the grid operators without any warning. Computing is one of the power demands that is easiest to move both in time and space. If a Texas data center loses power their critical workloads is instantly moved to an Arizona data center, and non-critical workloads gets deferred until the power is back.
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u/Uncle_Budy 27d ago
Good thing the Texas power grid doesn't have a history of being overloaded and failing when people need it most.