The only thing stopping China from building the largest data centre in the world is access to chips; the power and the industrial capacity are already there.

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• A data centre earns its county far more tax revenue per gallon of water than a golf course does. AMAndy Masley11 Oct 2025data centers
• A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. AVAustin Vernon18 Apr 2024data centers
• A data centre should be split into independent power blocks fed directly at 1500 volts DC, rather than run through one central distribution system. AVAustin Vernon18 Apr 2024data centers
• A solar-powered data centre can cut its power draw a great deal while giving up very little compute, which is how it survives a run of bad weather. CHCasey Handmer15 Aug 2025data centers
• About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants. DPDylan Patel13 Mar 2026data centers

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