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Does anyone have any numbers on what percentage of recent datacenters don't follow those rules? Those are completely reasonable requirements. But, the high-pitc
by mindcandy 1mo ago
Does anyone have any numbers on what percentage of recent datacenters don't follow those rules? Those are completely reasonable requirements. But, the high-pitched online discussion tends to imply building a datacenter requires doing everything the worst possible way every time.
I know there are problematic data centers. I just want to know what the stats are vs. the rhetoric.
- throwfaraway4 1mo agoI don't have all the numbers but as someone who lives in VA and has had their power bill _double_ over the last year, I'd be hard-pressed to think DCs are commonly paying their fair share when tariffs like this need to be passed: https://virginiamercury.com/2026/08/05/scc-orders-dominion-to-develop-tariff-to-assign-more-transmission-costs-to-data-centers/ https://virginiamercury.com/2026/08/05/scc-orders-dominion-t...