AI Data Centers Can Subsidize Electricity for Host Cities
A developer could deliberately build more generation than the data center needs, then sell the surplus at lower cost into the surrounding city.
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A developer could deliberately build more generation than the data center needs, then sell the surplus at lower cost into the surrounding city.
An AI data center needs enormous amounts of electricity.
expensive, but it gets cheaper per unit as you build bigger.
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A developer could deliberately build more generation than the data center needs, then sell the surplus at lower cost into the surrounding city. An AI data center needs enormous amounts of electricity. expensive, but it gets cheaper per unit as you build bigger.
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- An AI data center needs enormous amounts of electricity.
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- expensive, but it gets cheaper per unit as you build bigger.
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If the surplus is cheap enough, residents' bills...
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