Honestly, not that big of a deal. the price of batteries is so low per KW and the cost of generation is so low that, in the case of a major crisis, they could just keep them running. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/average-battery-cell-pric...

And prioritizing humans (home heating, food freezing, etc ) over servers is a good thing.

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scotty79 3 days ago | parent [-]

Sodium batteries are about to enter the market at the fraction of the cost of current tech.

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evanjrowley 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Recently I became aware of "heat batteries" that might also be useful for these applications. https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/24/1082217/heat-bat...

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latchkey 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Unfortunately, not until the price comes down and with lithium still getting cheaper, that'll make sodium take longer.

https://www.spglobal.com/automotive-insights/en/blogs/2025/0...

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robotnikman 2 days ago | parent [-]

I hope either type of battery becomes cheap enough that I can create a power bank to power my home without breaking the bank, because right now its still rather expensive to do so.

	▲	latchkey 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Follow Will Prowse on YT. It's actually not that bad all things considered (and depending on how much power you need to store).