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Pacific Northwest data center boom could imperil power supply within 5 years (www.seattletimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Sounds like these data centers are going to need to invest in advanced nuclear or other renewables and transmission lines if they want to build datacenters here.