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America's Largest Grid Operator to Data Centers: Bring Your Own Power or Get Turned Off First…
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In turn, data centers will just pollute the air with their natural gas and diesel generators. It’s a lose/lose proposition.
https://www.itpro.com/infrastructure/data-centres/gas-powered-data-centers-whats-behind-the-boom
https://www.fastcompany.com/91265352/california-needs-more-data-centers-but-builders-are-using-a-legal-loophole-to-power-them-with-diesel
Good thing the EPA exists and hasn't been gutted and disassemble over the last 50 years... Oh wait.