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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not put the data centers in places where they can be powered by electricity from renewable sources (e.g. Texas wind and solar, geothermal in Iceland, etc.)? Also, why don’t utilities charge the companies a high rate, rather than passing it on to regional consumers? [/quote] There seem to be no plans to run them on renewable sources. Maybe it's not feasible at the moment. Instead more and more enormous power lines are being planned to send power from coal plants in West Virginia to Loudoun. There's currently a lot of controversy about one set of proposed lines that could run through Ashburn, right through neighborhoods and near schools: https://www.loudounnow.com/news/hundreds-turnout-to-push-for-underground-power-lines-at-scc-hearing/article_2e3f11f2-63b1-41d9-a692-f902645a8b53.html I've also heard stories about the possibility of on-site nuclear power sources, which sounds terrible to me. [/quote]
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