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		drpgq on July 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ireland's datacentres overtake electricity use of ... Does Quebec have a massive number of datacentres? They're close the Eastern seaboard and have cheap electricity and relatively cold too.

ElectricSpoon on July 23, 2024 [–]

Quebec does have a few. Amongst the issues is that scaling hydro power is hugely expensive, is riddled with red tape, and over all takes too long. Meanwhile you could build a datacenter and a solar farm in Texas and be up in 2 years.

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