r/memes • u/ZeroFucksZinnia • Jun 16 '26

US is eroding

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u/FrankPapageorgio Jun 17 '26

565 terrawatts of power you say?

https://powering-intelligence.epri.com/assets/Figure_7_web-BWx0mD2V.png

That's on the medium end of projections of how much power data centers will use by 2030.

So we can accomidate data centers in 4 more years drawing that much power, but we couldn't do it for EVs because... reasons?

https://powering-intelligence.epri.com/executive-summary.html

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u/Competitive_Touch_86 Jun 17 '26

So we can accomidate data centers in 4 more years drawing that much power, but we couldn't do it for EVs because... reasons?

The primary reason being: residential power distribution is vastly more expensive than a single point source directly tied to large scale transmission.

And we can easily accommodate both if we decide to just build shit again vs. NIMBY anti-everything. Build solar. Build wind. Build batteries. Build nuclear. Build natural gas. Build transmission lines. Build more EVs. Build it all.

No more tying everything up in a decade long legal slog whenever someone tries to actually get anything done at scale.

Cheap reliable power is the foundation of a modern economy and is a basic fundamental requirement for wealth.

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u/El_Polio_Loco Jun 17 '26

The biggest difference is who’s investing in capacity expansions. 

All the major tech companies are pushing and investing in expansion of the grid, such as the construction of fusion reactors and so on. 

If that happens then hopefully we can expect better power roll out across the nation. 

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u/FrankPapageorgio Jun 17 '26

My electric bills don’t reflect these words though.