But Margaret have dog, can't be mad...
this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2026
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Have these geniuses considered burying these massive structures and build the cooling stack on top to use that heat for some other use?
Or better yet: not even building these monstrosities?
Trying to re-use 7.65GW of excess heat would be a monumental task of it's own, but at a smaller scale, it works well. Things like a smaller datacenter heating the pool nearby etc. They should at least be trying to reuse as much as possible, pipe it to nearby things.
First coming to mind would be using to store heat in sand batteries. Heat water for swimming pools makes sense as well. Perhaps use it to dehydrate sludges from waste waters.
It's just a matter of imagination.
Its just that its a lot. Like 8.5% of the entire Texas ERCOT grid at peak during its last peak in August.
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You've seen where they want to build this, right? Heat is not an issue.
Hence my statement: it's a matter of imagination
Anything from futurism.com should be immediately questioned.
Until it goes dark, like fibre...
Besides the US military, I'm sure.