jilldeau.com/mp3/The.Penn.Jillette.Radio.Show.2007.02.01.mp3 from https://jilldeau.com/ → joule thief via bb
also https://mcwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Joule-Thief-Guide.pdf

Texas halts data center connections to power grid amid overwhelming demand

"The ERCOT interconnection queue currently includes more than 1,800 projects representing over 474 gigawatts’ worth of requests to connect to the Texas grid—more than five times Texas’ record peak electricity demand—and about 90 percent of those power connection requests come from data centers."

more people courting data centers than electrical bandwidth to supply them?  from the article it also seems like more water needed than available.  this is happening in how many places around the world?
https://www.youtubetrimmer.com/view/?v=8q2uEs0EywM&start=7&end=83&loop=0