https://www.statista.com/statistics/263492/electricity-prices-in-selected-countries/
Inoltre, il governo ha appena deciso che i nuovi data center sono ok.
Solo io o è davvero stupido?
2nd highest priced consumer electricity in the world
byu/Hungry-Western9191 inireland
di Hungry-Western9191
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Is it just me or should we look into hydro. It’s fucking pissing down.
Data centers are good for the grid in the long term as the increase the base load which helps stabilise the supply. Though the rapid development of them requires costly grid upgrades in the short term. There is a right pace for the building of them which we are probably at the top end of.
That’s what happens when you prioritise solar (haven’t seen the sun in weeks) and wind (sometimes its not windy/windy enough/too windy), you subsidise it and pay through the nose for backup power.
Nuclear is the only solution.
Really should look at this as an opportunity – how can we super-size and build redundancy/resiliency of our power grid with it being paid for by the increased corporate demand.
Not sure how exactly – obviously the pricing schemes (e.g. spot prices set at highest needed provider) need adjustment, but given the variablity of our main natural resource (wind!), focus on energy storage.
And IMHO, there might be an opportunity to introduce nuclear energy – not huge TW plants, but perhaps with SMRs – smaller and well-distributed to relieve long-distance grid power transfer. Coupled with research/operations in the area?
But is it waste to over-provision? Perhaps, but with the interconnects (current and coming ones to France/UK) there is more opportunity to export. And, you can’t get resiliency without lowering efficiency (or perfect efficiency means no tolerance for problems/issues/breaks)
I suppose I am calling for the situation to be leaned-into…
If only the parties that have been in government for the past 25 years could figure out some way to solve some of the country’s problems.
Colour.
Me.
Shocked.
Something something hedging and or inflation bullshit
I expect the usual apologists to be along soon with this excuse
For those who don’t know. Data centres don’t just make electricity more expensive. They also make electricity more unstable and more vulnerable to blackouts, with absolutely no benefit to the population and employing 2-3 people.
We have decided that Lemassian economics on speed is the only way to do things. Absolutely nothing should be done to even slightly interfere with the profits of MNCs.
I realise the hugely important role that MNCs play in Ireland, but with the growing rise of wasteful AI usage to create slop, our grid is being put under immense pressure.
I am also aware that the EU is lagging way behind the US and China in the AI innovation race, but a small country with a very incompetent, lazy government and a complacent electorate cannot be made to carry a lot of the enormous weight of the electrical costs associated with AI.
We derive 65% of government revenue from the MNC sector so no, not stupid.