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Tade0 an hour ago

As an (eastern) European this is to me a greater concern than the Russian invasion in terms of availability of gas for the winter, considering how so many of those places run on gas turbines.

Putin only has a certain amount of the resource on tap and sells it to someone eventually. Meanwhile data centers will eat up whatever you throw at them at any price, especially that in principle they don't need to be connected to the grid, so I imagine setting up their power supply must take months at the longest.

rapsey an hour ago | parent [-]

The US has incredible gas reserves. Much more that can be exported with ships.

Tade0 an hour ago | parent [-]

The issue is with the price - why bother shipping LNG half the planet when one can just sell it at a significant markup domestically?

When the price is right all kinds of contracts and agreements are usually thrown out the window - especially if the penalties are small enough to make it worth it.

rapsey an hour ago | parent [-]

No they can not sell it with a markup domestically. LNG price is much higher.