The AI hyper-scalers have problems getting power for all their new data centres. How about using small gas turbines that used to be jet engines? Landon Tessmer from ProEnergy says: [IEEE Spectrum] …
  • BlueMonday1984BannedEnglish
    8·
    11 days ago

    This entire newsstory sounds like the plotline for a rejected Captain Planet episode. What the fuck.

  • fullsquareEnglish
    8·
    11 days ago

    wait, i thought these turbines were already backordered because of them? not only regular gas turbines but also these converted ones. gas turbine is gas turbine

    this is on top of power transformer shortage (which are always backordered, but were backordered before 2022, then ukrainians started buying more because their own got bombed, then techbros made backorders bigger)

    • David GerardOPMAEnglish
      8·
      11 days ago

      yeah even these converted jet engines are in short supply, but ProEnergy has some

  • f314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    10 days ago

    Jet engines don’t tend to like birds. Maybe the Thanksgiving turkey could find a new use…