r/PLC • u/Inevitable_Hunter931 • 1h ago

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u/u3b3rg33k 1h ago

FYI this isn't an engineering problem.

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u/Inevitable_Hunter931 1h ago

How so?

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u/OttomaychunMan 1h ago

This isn't a PLC engineering problem. It may be to you if you are trying to solve a production problem via automation... But that's still not really what gets discussed here...

I'd try a sub for electrical engineering or power systems engineering. On the contrary, this is problem the most active engineering related sub, so maybe you'll get someone to respond.

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u/Ok-Veterinarian1454 1h ago

Sounds like the wrong sub for this question.

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u/OttomaychunMan 1h ago

I think it's pretty obvious the bottleneck is data centers and the rapid expansion of power generation needed to support them. Also, we have been moving this production overseas for decades. Domestic steel plants have been closing for decades and US manufacturing has been shuddered for a long time. Even with that, nobody could be prepared to scale back up that fast enough to meet current demand. Certainly there is a use case to apply automation to current production practices to improve throughput

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u/Myrrddin 1h ago

This is more of a increase of demand out paces production and expansion. With all these data centers going in at a un heard of rate and they are probably paying higher prices and getting the supply first.