By 2027 the majority of new data centers breaking ground will be mostly solar powered.
Casey Handmer, Terraform Industries
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Let's say by 2027, the majority of new data centers going in at that point would be mostly solar.
- Who
- Casey Handmer, Founder and CEO, Terraform Industries
- Made
- August 2025 1 year ago
- Target
- Dec 31, 2027 in 1 year (stated as "by 2027")
- Status
- Openin 14 months
- Source
- Casey Handmer (Dwarkesh Podcast transcript) Secondary: a report of what they said
- Topics
- Compute
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