There is, and "some batteries" is an under count, however:
- The ratio between "some water" and "the pacific ocean" is a lot higher than 5
- On an exponential growth curve, a factor of 5 isn't all that much.
This probably isn't feasible for a data center being built today (although they could build solar to at least reduce their fossil fuel power generation needs during the day). But it probably will be for data centers being built in 5-10 years time.
Basically it's important to differentiate between "we can't quite do this yet" and "we'll likely never be able to do this". And powering a data center with rewnewables+batteries is definitely in the former category.
- The ratio between "some water" and "the pacific ocean" is a lot higher than 5
- On an exponential growth curve, a factor of 5 isn't all that much.
This probably isn't feasible for a data center being built today (although they could build solar to at least reduce their fossil fuel power generation needs during the day). But it probably will be for data centers being built in 5-10 years time.
Basically it's important to differentiate between "we can't quite do this yet" and "we'll likely never be able to do this". And powering a data center with rewnewables+batteries is definitely in the former category.