Gerry McGovern on Nostr: "We have forecasted that power demand from data centers is going to nearly quadruple ...
"We have forecasted that power demand from data centers is going to nearly quadruple over the next 15 years. … The data centers are certainly the largest power users of any industry, and they represent about 20% of our electricity sales in Virginia.
Over the next 15 years we're going to be building a lot of new power plants in Virginia, and a lot of new electric transmission infrastructure."
https://www.wmra.org/2024-06-04/ghosts-in-the-machine-data-centers-in-our-regionPublished at
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