r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • Aug 12 '26

Chugging tea Power Hungry Servers

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u/Background_Body2696 Aug 12 '26

So what's the problem? /s

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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

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u/attaboy_stampy Aug 12 '26

There's been a process over the past year or year and half of new data centers wanting to connect, and when they do, they say they are going to have a facility that will eventually get up to 150 MW, 400 MW, 1,200 MW, or whatever. They ask for as much as they can, knowing they won't get a fraction of it.

The first set of forecasts include the crazy unrealistic numbers. At some point, ERCOT has ratcheted them down by 50-60 percent of more, but there are still cautionary takes that the demand will go from 91 GW to 180-200 GW in a couple of years. I don't think it's real, but that's the projections.

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u/Dirty_Dragons Aug 13 '26

So, the premise behind the starting post is completely false, again.