The Polish DispatchThePolishDispatch@mstdn.social
Oct 19, 2026, 8:36 PMretooted Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:
In The Netherlands you have around 8.5 million households with a combined load of around 8GW of electricity. There are 200 new datacenters planned or under construction and they demand 15GW capacity. From an electrical grid that is already struggling. This is all getting ridiculous.
(article in dutch) https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2635097-een-derde-aangevraagde-stroom-komt-van-datacenters-genoeg-voor-alle-huishoudens