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1. peri-cl · 1790334571 · focus · HN ↗

   I'm very curious what happens now to the several gigawatts of fuel cells, that this project supposedly purchased to supply power.

   > "Oracle signed a deal with solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) developer Bloom last year for 1.8GW of power, expanding it to 2.8GW of capacity in April."

   <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.datacenterdynamics.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;news&#x2F;new-mexico-regulators-reject-natural-gas-pipeline-for-oracles-25gw-project-jupiter-data-center&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.datacenterdynamics.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;news&#x2F;new-mexico-regula...

   <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bloom_Energy" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bloom_Energy

   I was surprised to read we&#x27;re already building fuel cell power plants on this scale (this is a first of its kind project—by far this startup&#x27;s largest customer). I didn&#x27;t realize the tech was that mature. Now I&#x27;m left wondering if they actually ever intended to, or whether this was some kind of circular financial-engineering vaporware.

   1. mynti · 1790339250 · focus · HN ↗

      The tech has always been mature enough but simply too expensive. But since combustion engines are sold out for the next years, data centers are rushing to get anything they can. So the extra millions for power generation will be a rounding error

      1. onlyrealcuzzo · 1790339598 · focus · HN ↗

         Electricity is about 3% of their total operating cost, so, yes.

         1. walthamstow · 1790340889 · focus · HN ↗

            Electricity is only 3% of opex for a data centre?

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