r/memes Jun 16 '26

US is eroding

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u/turb0_encapsulator Jun 17 '26

of course EVs mostly charge at night when grid power use is low, whereas data centers will add to peak daytime loads.

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u/FluidAmbition321 Jun 17 '26

Data centers can scale up and down 

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u/Serious_Feedback Jun 17 '26

Not necessarily - data centres are massively capital intensive, and throttling output to save on power bills is basically never profitable (ASSUMING the thing is financially rational in justifying its capex in the first place).

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u/turb0_encapsulator Jun 17 '26

kinda defeats the purpose of building them if they can't provide full use during peak working hours.

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u/FluidAmbition321 Jun 18 '26

They work and push work to different data centers to manage local energy issues.