It’s bullishit either way, but a single large industrial load is comparatively easy to accommodate, especially when it’s not a giant inductive load. A large increase in the residential demand is going to be spread out over huge areas, requiring changes all over the place.
Data centers are unfortunately not going anywhere. I just wish someone would put all that waste heat to use, instead of just dumping it into the atmosphere. Seems like it would be pretty easy to make something like a combination data center/desalination plant.
It’s bullishit either way, but a single large industrial load is comparatively easy to accommodate, especially when it’s not a giant inductive load. A large increase in the residential demand is going to be spread out over huge areas, requiring changes all over the place.
Data centers are unfortunately not going anywhere. I just wish someone would put all that waste heat to use, instead of just dumping it into the atmosphere. Seems like it would be pretty easy to make something like a combination data center/desalination plant.
Sounds like socialism for therms! Can’t have 'em mixing.