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jiggawattstoday at 5:34 AM1 replyview on HN

Cash doesn't buy time machines.

They want to build the data centres right now, but the power companies and other energy suppliers are booked solid for 5+ years out.

Money or not, you can't just click your fingers and instantly get regulatory approval, or spin up a facility to build parts that only a handful of places have ever figured out how to mass-manufacture.

Gas turbine blades are especially difficult, but batteries and panels are not far behind. There are a surprisingly small number of shops capable of making power switching gear and transformers too.


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watwuttoday at 7:02 AM

> They want to build the data centres right now,

And I want them to behave in a decent way, but universe does not ensure we get what we want.

They should be forced to build a grid in a way that does not speeds up global warming. What they want should be irrelevant.