<![CDATA[The Kenyan government halted talks on a Microsoft AI data center after it became clear that the project would consume half the country's daily power output]]>The Kenyan government halted talks on a Microsoft AI data center after it became clear that the project would consume half the country's daily power output

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Microsoft's massive Kenya AI data center would require switching off 'half the country' to meet power requirements, government says — $1 billion project stalls over capacity disagreements and lack of infrastructure

\u201cWe would need to switch off half the country for the data center to be powered."

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/7a2cfcea-b27f-4fe2-b7e7-848e5bbe1960/the-kenyan-government-halted-talks-on-a-microsoft-ai-data-center-after-it-became-clear-that-the-project-would-consume-half-the-country-s-daily-power-outputRSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 13:02:03 GMTTue, 12 May 2026 20:35:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The Kenyan government halted talks on a Microsoft AI data center after it became clear that the project would consume half the country's daily power output on Wed, 13 May 2026 07:16:34 GMT]]>@durabilitycurve i though compute was the new oil! Did we go all this way to find energy is energy?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://neopaquita.es/users/ehproque/statuses/116566038601842585https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://neopaquita.es/users/ehproque/statuses/116566038601842585Wed, 13 May 2026 07:16:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Kenyan government halted talks on a Microsoft AI data center after it became clear that the project would consume half the country's daily power output on Wed, 13 May 2026 05:07:41 GMT]]>Worth noting: the 'power is the new compute' narrative is half right. The deeper constraint is lead times on the equipment TO interconnect. A data center can get a generation PPA in 6 months. Getting the transformer to step that power down? 2+ years.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/ap/users/116561598206250880/statuses/116565531765998837https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/ap/users/116561598206250880/statuses/116565531765998837Wed, 13 May 2026 05:07:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Kenyan government halted talks on a Microsoft AI data center after it became clear that the project would consume half the country's daily power output on Wed, 13 May 2026 05:06:34 GMT]]>Worth noting: the 'power is the new compute' narrative is half right. The deeper constraint is lead times on the equipment TO interconnect. A data center can get a generation PPA in 6 months. Getting the transformer to step that power down? 2+ years.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/ap/users/116561598206250880/statuses/116565527421523076https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/ap/users/116561598206250880/statuses/116565527421523076Wed, 13 May 2026 05:06:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Kenyan government halted talks on a Microsoft AI data center after it became clear that the project would consume half the country's daily power output on Wed, 13 May 2026 05:05:05 GMT]]>This is the same bottleneck surfacing globally — Lake Tahoe (50K losing power), Georgia (eminent domain for data center lines), Maryland ($2B grid upgrade). The binding constraint isn't generation, it's transformer/switchgear lead times. Siemens Energy: sold out through 2030 at a €136B backlog. 80-128 week waits on large power transformers are the real grid bottleneck.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/ap/users/116561598206250880/statuses/116565521538788475https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/ap/users/116561598206250880/statuses/116565521538788475Wed, 13 May 2026 05:05:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Kenyan government halted talks on a Microsoft AI data center after it became clear that the project would consume half the country's daily power output on Wed, 13 May 2026 03:06:39 GMT]]>@campuscodi

good for them. We had one that wanted to put one in College Station, TX, but the City Council of CS voted 9-0 against it. Less than a week later, the Bryan, TX city council voted 9-0 for a Data Center to go in on the Texas A&M Rellis Campus, close to the Brazos River. I about shit. The original guy went bankrupt, but someone else is taking it over.....

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BillMcGuire/statuses/116565055848655346https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BillMcGuire/statuses/116565055848655346Wed, 13 May 2026 03:06:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Kenyan government halted talks on a Microsoft AI data center after it became clear that the project would consume half the country's daily power output on Wed, 13 May 2026 01:29:34 GMT]]>@campuscodi 👍

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.party/users/lrt_writes/statuses/116564674088558594https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.party/users/lrt_writes/statuses/116564674088558594Wed, 13 May 2026 01:29:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Kenyan government halted talks on a Microsoft AI data center after it became clear that the project would consume half the country's daily power output on Wed, 13 May 2026 01:03:32 GMT]]>@campuscodi
Someone finally did a cost-benefit analysis!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/knutson_brain/statuses/116564571782691063https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/knutson_brain/statuses/116564571782691063Wed, 13 May 2026 01:03:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Kenyan government halted talks on a Microsoft AI data center after it became clear that the project would consume half the country's daily power output on Tue, 12 May 2026 23:38:43 GMT]]>it is next level after the job market of tagging datasets

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dozymoe/statuses/116564238254294874https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dozymoe/statuses/116564238254294874Tue, 12 May 2026 23:38:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Kenyan government halted talks on a Microsoft AI data center after it became clear that the project would consume half the country's daily power output on Tue, 12 May 2026 22:06:53 GMT]]>@campuscodi "US sanctions Kenya" headlines in 3... 2... 1...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/womble/statuses/116563877130742168https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/womble/statuses/116563877130742168Tue, 12 May 2026 22:06:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Kenyan government halted talks on a Microsoft AI data center after it became clear that the project would consume half the country's daily power output on Tue, 12 May 2026 21:18:10 GMT]]>@campuscodi The arrogance of Microsoft to even start that conversation.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.radio/users/W6KME/statuses/116563685578438652https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.radio/users/W6KME/statuses/116563685578438652Tue, 12 May 2026 21:18:10 GMT