All that generation capacity is great, but you need to get the electrons to the datacenter. And in most jurisdictions the transmission part of the grid is a shared cost. Mostly...there is technically some obligation to pay for upgrades but it doesn't really work.
e.g.
>Over 95% of the projects identified passed all of their transmission connection costs onto local people’s electricity bills
It's a real privatize profits/benefit, socialize losses/costs type setup.
All that generation capacity is great, but you need to get the electrons to the datacenter. And in most jurisdictions the transmission part of the grid is a shared cost. Mostly...there is technically some obligation to pay for upgrades but it doesn't really work.
e.g.
>Over 95% of the projects identified passed all of their transmission connection costs onto local people’s electricity bills
It's a real privatize profits/benefit, socialize losses/costs type setup.
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