A datacenter in a region with a coal-dominated grid (carbon intensity range 500 to 540 gCO₂e/kWh throughout the day) considers implementing temporal shifting for its batch workloads. Why is temporal shifting unlikely to produce significant carbon savings in this environment?

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The carbon intensity variation across the day is too small to create a meaningful difference between the best and worst execution windows

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Coal plants cannot adjust their output in response to changes in computing demand

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Coal-dominated grids do not support batch processing workloads

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Temporal shifting requires wind or solar generation to function

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