About this episode
David Roberts discusses the issues surrounding electricity demand from data centers with guest Jigar Shah.
In this episode, I welcome back my old friend Jigar Shah to discuss the current hullabaloo around explosive electricity demand from new data centers. We dig into why its stupid for tech companies to build their own behind-the-meter natural gas plants, how this approach is wrecking equipment and destabilizing the grid, and a better, smarter, faster path forward. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe
People in this episode
Host: David Roberts
Guest: Jigar Shah
Topics covered
- data centers
- electricity demand
- natural gas plants
- grid stability
- energy policy
Keywords
- data centers
- electricity demand
- natural gas
- grid stability
- energy policy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: tech companies
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