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Joules on the Wire

A slice of the South African grid: coal, sun, 132 kV and a platinum mine. Every amber dot is one megajoule.

Solar plant—

Mine intake—

From grid—

Lost as heat—

Frequency50.000 Hz

12:00Standard

Speed

Season

Sky

Mine capacitor bank

Solar reactive mode

Network voltage

Mine production

100%

Events

Show EQHLU

Style after Ryan Sael’s Inside an AI Data Center. Model values are typical, not measured.