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stonogo • yesterday at 11:52 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

AI and hyperscaler datacenters run at such a high usage rate that they have to coordinate with generating facilities regarding outages. The difference between their actual duty levels and "flat out around the clock" is so small to be negligible when considering grid operations. Not all datacenters fit this category, but the ones that don't are not worth considering in terms of grid planning, either, so again this is a difference worth ignoring.