Because I expect the economics of enough batteries to carry a data center’s worth of demand through the night and morning is too expensive compared to essentially free natural gas.
replyData centers would ideally run at ~100% utilization, so any drop in solar output needs to be fully met by batteries.
> Data centers would ideally run at ~100% utilization
replyI don't think this is broadly accepted among major data center operators.
IIRC ERCOT estimated from their experience it was something like 85% on average?
replyWhat makes you think you can change the facility that's in the ERCOT queue while keeping your place in line?
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