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Inb4 they just start building them off grid with diesel generators, and they can't do anything about it because Exxon lobbied the Texas government to make the "right to bear diesel generators" constitutionally protected.
If datacenters were losing money at $0.07/kwh on the grid, wait until they're spending $.33/kwh (15 kwh per $5 gal) before you even factor in the price of the diesel generator hardware and maintenance.
Half the joke of those Grok server farms in Mississippi is how ludicrously expensive they are to operate. Elon is paying a premium to ruin local livelihoods.
Fuel contamination is a really interesting subject.