| ▲ | cootsnuck 3 hours ago | |||||||
> The data centers the industry wants are all going to get built. If that was the case then why are the majority of data center projects getting scrapped? https://gizmodo.com/data-center-project-cancellations-quadru... Why are insiders saying they only expect about 10% of data center projects to ever be completed? Why is 2026 already shaping up to have less than half of planned data centers break ground on construction? Local community opposition is a big driver but so is permitting and infra procurement. https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/energy-power-supply/why-... All of this is inconvenient to big tech's "inevitability" narratives. | ||||||||
| ▲ | ojbyrne 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||
That Gizmodo article says none of the things you characterize it as saying. Except sorta - "Peter Freed, Meta’s former director of energy strategy, who spoke to Heatmap, expects only about 10% of the projects that are currently underway to ever be completed." Perhaps that's why he's a "former director" but that doesn't really qualify as an "insider." | ||||||||
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