One of the challenges in Cape Town is the demand for electricity.
Load shedding is a way to distribute demand for electrical power across multiple power sources. It’s used to relieve stress on a primary energy source when demand for electricity is greater than the primary power source can supply. Most buildings, including data centers, purchase electrical power from a utility provider.
Places like SANCCOB have generators but there is a lot of strain put on them turning off & on throughout the day & they burn out quickly. The other day we had to fill rubber gloves with hot water to keep the chicks warm while the power was off.
Below is a picture of this past weekend’s schedule of power outages – the good thing is that you can somewhat plan accordingly.
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