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>>tedsan+(OP)
~$125B per year would be 2-3% of all domestic investment. It's similar in scale to the GDP of a small middle income country.

If the electric grid — particularly the interconnection queue — is already the bottleneck to data center deployment, is something on this scale even close to possible? If it's a rationalized policy framework (big if!), I would guess there's some major permitting reform announcement coming soon.

>>heyden+82
Don't worry, they said they are doing it in Texas where the power grid is super reliable and able to handle the massive additional load.

>>dwnw+z2
Say what you will about Texas, but they are adding energy capacity, renewables especially, at a much faster rate than any comparable state.

>>heyden+b3
How much capacity does solar and wind add compared to nuclear, per square foot of land used? Also I thought the new administration was placing a ban on new renewable installations.

>>segasa+O3
Isn't there enough space in Texas? There are only 114 people per square mile. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas