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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well yea, 100GW to one building is way easier then pulling 200kW at 30 different Coles shops in Vic and qld.

/s

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

To be honest you’re right, and globally if the data centre is built they’re having delays with getting hooked up.

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago

Which means they will be running diesel generators as a “backup”.

Tell that to your Dodge RAM driving mate who uses ChatGTP to make all His decisions for him every day. The reason diesel is so expensive is because of the Data Centres.