Wednesday, October 28, 2026

How data centers are powered

https://youtu.be/Wh1zlJXKy1M?is=FGyYvg0mQOQRnWLv

Their point: AI companies investing heavily in the power infrastructure will in the end benefit everybody with a better power grid. 

0:49 currently 70% of our power grid is over 25 years old. 

2:07 days centers are building backup "behind the meter" 
2:39 all of a sudden, days centers are using 2 orders of magnitude more power 

6:24 "a shockingly large percentage of the costs of running an electricity grid are for the four hours a year [of maximal usage.]" 


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