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Renewables blow past nuclear when it comes to cheap datacenter juice
(www.theregister.com)
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this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2025
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have datacenters get their power only from renewables and limit the amount of area they have to build them and watch renewable efficiency skyrocket as they either have to develop them or have limited power.
Are you trying to trick tech companies into being useful? That'll upset them.
Renewable efficiency is close to the theoretical limit. Solar cell have a limit just over 33% and current models have efficiency of around 25%.
There's still plenty of juice to squeeze in terms of cost to manufacturer, deploy, and maintain. This isn't purely a question of cell efficiency.
That's cost, not efficiency...
It's Cost Efficiency, which is a vital calculation in any business enterprise.