• Insekticus@aussie.zone
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    6 days ago

    Rip apart the data centres infrastructure and turn them into massive-scale sodium battery storage systems and cover the facility in solar and wind turbines as a gen-bat system

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      4 days ago

      It’s not about the energy, it’s about actually having the gear installed for people to plug into. DC fast chargers are something like $50k to $100k each, and they need big fat grid connections or buffer batteries. Especially if there’s a few of them next to each other.