Kees van der Leun on Nostr: Data centres in the Netherlands used 4.6% of all electricity in 2024, and ...
Data centres in the Netherlands used 4.6% of all electricity in 2024, and transmission system operator TenneT expects this to double or triple to 10-15% by 2030!
That means that the next 6-11 TWh/year of renewables that will be completed, will go straight to the growth of data centres.
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