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Comment by Animats

1 day ago

Large data centers may have to go on interruptable power, and shut down servers during peak electricity load periods. Steel mills do that.

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phil21  19 hours ago

Datacenters already do this as matter of course. It’s more or less table stakes for a grid connection in most places, certainly if you want anything resembling best rates.

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