As a part of the recently held (and published on Energy Central) USEA Press Panel Briefing on the topic of "How Data Centers Are Inexorably Upending the Utilities", audience members had several questions that we didn't have time to address in the live time with our experts. So we're reposting the question here as a discussion starter:
Where do retired/existing coal-fired plants fall in this new, unprecedented demand? What if there isn't enough renewable or carbon-neutral infrastructure for years to come?