Microsoft, Amazon, Google and other data centre operators have built up enough on-site capacity to meet the energy needs of the entire country, a Business Post analysis has shown.
A number of Big Tech companies are currently seeking special industrial emissions licences from the Environmental Protection Agency that will allow them to use their own diesel or gas-powered generators if they have to come off the national grid in periods of tight power supply.
The state sponsoring private stakeholders to make profits to the detriment of citizens of this state?
This is a positive thing isn’t it? I mean it would lead to a more stable grid overall. What’s the risk that you’ll have private companies buying up fuel that the energy companies could buy which might drive up cost? And if so by how much?