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Secrets, Servers, and Strain: The Hidden Toll of America’s Data Center Boom
- A massive data center occupying over a million square feet opened near Washington, D.C., transforming its suburban Virginia neighborhood by 2025.
- The center's emergence followed 2021 rezoning that cleared the way, often with limited community awareness and enforced non-disclosure agreements.
- Data centers require enormous energy, raising concerns about strain on local grids and potential increased power bills for consumers nationwide.
- An April poll found 46% of U.S. voters oppose local data centers, and experts warn the rapid growth poses a 'daunting challenge' to grid reliability.
- New Texas laws mandating demand management and better grid coordination aim to mitigate energy risks from large data centers and avoid blackouts like Winter Storm Uri.
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The hidden cost of convenience: How your data pulls in hundreds of billions of dollars
You wake up in the morning and, first thing, you open your weather app. You close that pesky ad that opens first and check the forecast. You like your weather app, which shows hourly weather forecasts for your location. And the app is free.
InsideNoVA.com
Poll: American voters don't want data centers built in their communities
(The Center Square) – Most U.S. voters oppose having data centers built in their community and even more oppose the data centers if tax incentives are awarded to have them built, according to a poll released Wednesday morning by Libertas…
America First Report
Uncanceled NewsTexas Law Gives Grid Operator Power to Disconnect Data Centers During Crisis
(Utility Drive)—Utilities, energy system analysts and ERCOT expect exponential growth of data centers and other large loads in Texas over the next several years. ERCOT forecasts 138 GW of large loads on its grid by 2030, up from 87 GW this year. Even if only a fraction of proposed data centers get built, the boom could threaten grid reliability during the spring and fall months, when many thermal generators go down for planned maintenance, Auror…
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