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Re:We Mapped Rural Data Center Development – and Opposition by sceadu on Thursday July 09, 2026 @01:29PM (#48849503)
by concentrating the load into a single location like that, you would likely overload the transmission system at that location and trigger a ton of system upgrades. so they would likely need to build their own generation and still probably upgrade lines if they just took over a county.
Re:We Mapped Rural Data Center Development – and Opposition by reddozen on Friday July 17, 2026 @05:37PM (#48952533)
Well, yes. That's exactly what Disney did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reedy_Creek_Energy_Services