Comment on Can U.S. Tech Giants Deliver on the Promise of Nuclear Power?
DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
These renewables, however, are intermittent sources of power, while data centers need a steady supply to run all the time. The tech companies are currently reliant on the grid whenever the wind isn’t blowing or sun isn’t shining.
Gee, if only if they could have, say, containers of substances that could hold an electrical charge: perhaps—if you will—a “battery” of such containers.
leisesprecher@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I get your point, but have you looked into the power demands of data centers? They already have room filling batteries for power outages, but those are just enough to keep the lights on while the diesel generators start.
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
There are immense capacity utility scale batteries available now from 100s of vendors. They would be roughly 100x easier, no exaggeration, to build than a nuclear power plant.
leisesprecher@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
This is just the peak power. The average power is much less. And batteries can maybe work on a grid scale for smoothing, but not for an individual consumer like a data center.
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
These are grid scale projects. They are designed to power 100s of thousands of homes. They can 100% provide power for even the most energy hungry data centers.