What do you mean paradigm shift? BC is literally building 5 grid-scale batteries right now. This isn't future tech, it's something that can be purchased and installed today.

I'm arguing for them in Alberta for the same reason Alberta is arguing for pipelines to be built through BC. They're going to be built somewhere, may as well get the benefits of having them here.

[–] voluble@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

They’re going to be built somewhere

This is also an incorrect assumption, and a premise that people and municipalities all over North America are rejecting. What do you make of that?

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

It's not an incorrect assumption. There are far more datacenters being built now than ever before, despite the news about specific locations blocking them. There are still plenty going ahead.

[–] voluble@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

500 megawatts across an entire province to be built out over the course of a few years.

I can't understand where your optimism comes from.

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A) "across an entire province" is only 5 locations B) The currently largest active grid scale battery is 3.2GWh, in California. There are projects in planning or under construction to reach up to 40GWh. Again, this is solved tech that you can buy and build today. If you're going to drop a few billion on datacenters, there's not really anything stopping you from dropping a few billion more on solar/wind and batteries. Microsoft is dropping massive money on a Nuclear fusion plant in Washington state that's already under construction.

[–] voluble@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wrong. Potentia-Viridi BESS isn't built yet. Why are you posting things in this thread that are factually incorrect?

Alberta has 11 of these storage systems too, which I suppose you'd bring up if you knew anything. It's great that battery storage exists but imagining that it will be able to supply ai compute facilities is naive.

Nuclear fusion plant in Washington

Oh sorry I didn't know nuclear fusion was solved tech.

My friend, you're dreaming. You're way out over your skis talking about these things.

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

Sure. That's why companies are pouring billions into grid scale batteries. I guess you know they aren't worth it better than they do.