Comment Re:You can't blame everything on AI (Score 2) 10
Counterpoint: Sure we can. We track and predict energy usage pretty well and base capacity additions off of that. If there is a sudden consumer of energy that throw the consumption rate up a bunch it's fair to ask what that is and if the utility it is providing is worth the cost.
The question is if AI wasn't there would these coal plants be operating or would the rest of the grid be able to keep up.