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Illinois running low on power as AI data centers spike electricity demand | The news is a blow to Gov. JB Pritzker’s climate change-fighting goals too, as demand from AI data centers soars (www.wbez.org)
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[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

I hate to suggest privatization, but … are private Solar plants and wind under-attack, or just grid-connected-first ones?

Cap (at least new)corporate/industrial grid-demand, outlaw new fossil-fuel plants/buildout, and watch the corpos fight the feds for wind-and-solar tooth-and-nail. They aren’t the ones demanding/defending more coal and gas so much any more(outside of cramped cities, where none of this shit needs to be), as its not the cost-effective option.

Throw in net-metering and balcony solar across-the-board too.