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This tweet discusses a paradox: although the costs of solar and lithium batteries have dropped significantly, the cost of delivering electricity to users has risen instead. The tweet cites a16z's latest long-form article, analyzing the reasons behind rising grid costs.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered a comprehensive audit of data center proposals before they can connect to the state's energy grid, aiming to maintain grid stability amid surging power requests from data centers.
FERC orders grid operators to fast-track interconnection requests for AI data centers, aiming to ease grid bottlenecks but not addressing generating capacity shortages.
The author reminisces about the grid-based Spaces feature in macOS Leopard, criticizes its removal in Lion, and introduces GridLion, a tool he built to restore the grid layout for virtual desktops.
Last year, China added as much energy to its grid as Germany has in total, highlighting rapid energy expansion.