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by bobthepanda 747 days ago
this is talking about grant awards that are happening in the current year, so it's not like they were planned 10 years ago.

hindsight is 20/20 but some things like the growth of data centers was probably not predicted, particularly their location. As a general example, Ireland had to put a moratorium on new data centers until 2028. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/15/power-grab-hid...