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by leonidasrup 10 days ago
The main reason why datacenters are using own gas power plants are delays in connecting to grids.

"In recent years, the time to connect a data center to the power grid has grown significantly. In response, many data center developers are choosing to build their own power plants and avoid the grid—or connect later."

https://cleanview.co/reports/behind-the-meter-data-centers