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Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have one year to find new power as their utility pivots to data centers (www.techspot.com)

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[–] turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 39 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I wouldn't mind "community uses eminent domain to socialize a power utility." Then the data center can buy the power, at market rates, after the community's power needs are met.

[–] 418_im_a_teapot@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

This is the play. They are giving up $3.3B (?) in incentives to the get the data center, which will strain the power grid and cost citizens. Why not (bribery) invest that in the power grid directly so it can support both, and monetize on it. Almost nowhere has the power needed for these data centers, so advertising reliable power would be a big selling point. And you can charge them enough to recoup the investment over time, and the citizens they are supposed to represent would actually benefit.