Something I find increasingly frustrating is this idea that all forms of load growth are identical. I really don't think they are.

www.latitudemedia.com/news/open-circuit-have-we-run-out-of-big-ideas-to-fix-the-grid/

April 10, 2026 - 13:55 UTC

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Electrification is gradual, controlled, geographically dispersed and, more important than all of these things: brings about economy-wide emissions reductions and cost-of-living reductions. The energy products are used for things we value: moving around, keeping warm, cooking food, making products.
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Data centres are the opposite.

It's sudden, unregulated (and even fast-tracked), concentrated and acute, it essentially universally increases fossil fuel use, it tends to contribute to rising power bills, and the products are used to make everything we value worse (as GenAI degrades all digital)
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