That makes it worse. Feeding a little more electricity spread across many locations puts a much smaller strain on the grid than trying to feed a huge amount to one location.
Or even nuclear (in case of Three Mile Island NPP). Regardless of what they run, they don’t require extensive energy grid since they are located nearby.
AFAIK many datacenters try to build their own generators/powerplants. Also datacenters are at one location, not sparsely around.
That makes it worse. Feeding a little more electricity spread across many locations puts a much smaller strain on the grid than trying to feed a huge amount to one location.
You have only one line to upgrade if you feed it from energy grid. If they have their own PP, it’s even less of a problem.
What do the datacenter’s generators/powerplants run on?
In all probability diesel or natural gas.
Or even nuclear (in case of Three Mile Island NPP). Regardless of what they run, they don’t require extensive energy grid since they are located nearby.
My point is that EVs is supposed to reduce pollution, not just just move the pollution to a DC instead of a car.