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usonian

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3. They so nice ...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2025, 02:05 PM

6 hrs ago

Data centres turn to aircraft engines to avoid grid connection delays

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https://archive.md/jDusU#selection-1537.0-1537.71

Data centre developers are turning to aircraft engines and fossil fuel generators to power the AI boom, as supply chain shortages and long waits to connect to the grid delay cheaper and cleaner alternatives.

Manufacturers of aeroderivative turbines — which are based on or made from jet engines — and diesel generators have reported increased demand because of data centres seeking to bypass the grid as they wait for larger gas turbines.

AI, powered by dinosaurs.

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Bernie Sanders: We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. [View all] highplainsdem 8 hrs ago OP

That idea is not likely to sell. RandomNumbers 8 hrs ago #1

In Arizona, there's not enough water to drink. People's wells are running dry, so they can't even move Attilatheblond 7 hrs ago #2

They so nice ... usonian 6 hrs ago #3

Musk has been polluting Memphis with diesel generators to power his data center there for more than highplainsdem 5 hrs ago #5

The oligarch owned AI data centers are basically writing off human beings in all manner of way. Uncle Joe 5 hrs ago #4

You're welcome, Uncle Joe! You're right about the oligarchs. Their talk of AI bringing abundance highplainsdem 5 hrs ago #6

Passing this along: AI Data Centers are collapsing the markets for all consumer computer parts!! Ars Longa 5 hrs ago #7