> It would not be surprising if cloud providers (major power users) are being asked to not increase (or even decrease) power usage.
I doubt it. It will be easier - and probably safer - to ask citizens and physical industry (eg, factories) to bear the brunt than to risk having problems in critical IT infrastructure. Ask people and factories to turn the heat 3 degrees down and the effects will be more or less predictable. Asking to shut compute power down at random will have unpredictable consequences.
It's not about shutting down existing machines. The power grid operator might be less willing to approve upgrades to serve increases in capacity. (No idea whether that's the case.)
I doubt it. It will be easier - and probably safer - to ask citizens and physical industry (eg, factories) to bear the brunt than to risk having problems in critical IT infrastructure. Ask people and factories to turn the heat 3 degrees down and the effects will be more or less predictable. Asking to shut compute power down at random will have unpredictable consequences.