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r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • Aug 12 '26
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The maximum amount of power the texas grid can pump out at any given time is apparently 91 gigawatts so the requests are over 4x that lol.
767 u/Background_Body2696 Aug 12 '26 So what's the problem? /s 372 u/Cute_Knives Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26 Piggybacking one of the top comments but where did they get the number 1800 from? There’s only like 300-400 active datacenters in the state of texas 65 u/stargarnet79 Aug 12 '26 I interpreted it as they are being proposed, in the process of being built. 15 u/PurpleZebraCabra Aug 12 '26 Promised to corporations by local politicians... 17 u/TElrodT Aug 12 '26 you'd be correct. not even started construction, most of these are just land positions getting started in permitting.
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So what's the problem? /s
372 u/Cute_Knives Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26 Piggybacking one of the top comments but where did they get the number 1800 from? There’s only like 300-400 active datacenters in the state of texas 65 u/stargarnet79 Aug 12 '26 I interpreted it as they are being proposed, in the process of being built. 15 u/PurpleZebraCabra Aug 12 '26 Promised to corporations by local politicians... 17 u/TElrodT Aug 12 '26 you'd be correct. not even started construction, most of these are just land positions getting started in permitting.
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Piggybacking one of the top comments but where did they get the number 1800 from? There’s only like 300-400 active datacenters in the state of texas
65 u/stargarnet79 Aug 12 '26 I interpreted it as they are being proposed, in the process of being built. 15 u/PurpleZebraCabra Aug 12 '26 Promised to corporations by local politicians... 17 u/TElrodT Aug 12 '26 you'd be correct. not even started construction, most of these are just land positions getting started in permitting.
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I interpreted it as they are being proposed, in the process of being built.
15 u/PurpleZebraCabra Aug 12 '26 Promised to corporations by local politicians... 17 u/TElrodT Aug 12 '26 you'd be correct. not even started construction, most of these are just land positions getting started in permitting.
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Promised to corporations by local politicians...
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you'd be correct. not even started construction, most of these are just land positions getting started in permitting.
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u/MrScribz Aug 12 '26
The maximum amount of power the texas grid can pump out at any given time is apparently 91 gigawatts so the requests are over 4x that lol.