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Engagement rings have been a thing for almost two thousand years. You’re probably thinking of diamond engagement rings, which have been around since The Renaissance but weren’t widely popularised until De Beers started pushing them in 1938.

That sounds reasonable, no? If a data centre needs 50MW and instead of building a 50MW generator they build a 200MW one while also replacing an aging 100MW generator then they’ve increased total capacity, provided better energy security for their other customers while also providing the initial 50MW required for the data centre.

Not saying I agree with the idea of the data centres and that this couldn’t be abused in any way but it’s not necessarily a maliciously included amendment.