alt Hacker NewsIn Nigeria: Lithium totally irrelevant compared to oil. I think people have this really weird idea that lithium is to electric cars as oil is to regular cars, but it’s literally like a factor of 50 less.
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esseph • today at 6:35 AM
Datacenters need batteries too, and they're drawing a BUNCH of power these days. 1 rack can now easily use as much power as 100 US homes (120kw), with some rack designs pushing to 200 and 300kw.
https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/china-africa-and-the-...
China is on track to control around 81% of global spodumene refinery production by 2027.