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By 2027 the majority of new data centers breaking ground will be mostly solar powered.

Casey Handmer, Terraform Industries · made August 2025 · target Dec 2027 · Open

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Let's say by 2027, the majority of new data centers going in at that point would be mostly solar.
Casey Handmer, Casey Handmer (Dwarkesh Podcast transcript) (the quote as reported there)

The prediction

Who
Casey Handmer, Founder and CEO, Terraform Industries
Made
August 2025
Target
Dec 31, 2027 (stated as "by 2027")
Status
Openin 15 months
Source
Casey Handmer (Dwarkesh Podcast transcript) Secondary: a report of what they said
Topics
Compute

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