Big technology companies see this energy source as a way to satisfy their extremely high power demand, which has skyrocketed since the advent of AI
  • @empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    9•7 months ago

    You can’t actually plop something out in the middle of BFE.

    The number of data centers in Prineville/Hermiston/Umatilla/Boardman, OR beg to differ. Power is cheap due to the Bonneville dams and that trumps latency as they’re BFE as hell unless you live in Portland.

    While latnecy matters sometimes, there’s still a lot of data center services that care a lot less and can be put anywhere.

    • JesusEnglish
      8•7 months ago

      One of those cities is pretty close to Redmond. The other 2 are 2-3 hours away from a major population center. The San Francisco equivalent would be data centers in Sacramento. Not exactly next door, but close enough to ensure that latency isn’t terrible for loading an e-commerce site or something.