Usually it's not like all on 24 hours a day, but the data center is actually quite predictable 24 hours a day. And it really does need that baseload to help it going. Yeah, it does. And that's why the Terrible decisions that were made in order that decommissioned baseload power have left regions of this country, Virginia being in one of the big power regions that is seeing real challenges in order to cover its baseload needs. And that's just because baseload power was decommissioned and replaced with intermediate power or intermittent power. And it can't do the job. And therefore we've got to build baseload power. (30:27–30:46)
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Asserts that decommissioning baseload power has caused power supply challenges in Virginia.
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