I was referring to areas that couldn’t handle their existing electrical load. In nearly all of those areas, the scarcity of electricity drives up the price, so it seems unlikely a data center would build there due to how high the ongoing power costs would be.
My dude, data center owners are actually trying to stand up new nuclear facilities to fulfill their own demand. Doesn’t matter if it’s in New York or Wyoming: math’s clearly not working out.
(FWIW I’m totally on board with new power infrastructure, but I don’t trust these geniuses to build or maintain it)
Data centers are being built in precisely areas that can’t handle them because the land+construction is cheapest.
I was referring to areas that couldn’t handle their existing electrical load. In nearly all of those areas, the scarcity of electricity drives up the price, so it seems unlikely a data center would build there due to how high the ongoing power costs would be.
I hate to disappoint you, but data centers are driving up the price of electricity. This is a very well-documented phenomenon.
Data centers are driving up the price of electricity, but why would they build in a place where electricity was already extremely high?
My dude, data center owners are actually trying to stand up new nuclear facilities to fulfill their own demand. Doesn’t matter if it’s in New York or Wyoming: math’s clearly not working out.
(FWIW I’m totally on board with new power infrastructure, but I don’t trust these geniuses to build or maintain it)
Source? I’m pretty sure that those areas also have lower demand, which drives down the price.