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How Many Data Centers Are in the US? Latest Statistics and Trends – C&C Technology Group
This industry overview from C&C Technology Group catalogs over 5,400 US data centers, mapping major hubs in Northern Virginia, Texas, California, and Illinois and profiling key operators including AWS, Google, Microsoft, and Digital Realty. The article details power consumption challenges — noting data centers use 4.4% of US electricity, potentially reaching 12% by 2028 —…
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Ignore Data Center Water Consumption at Your Own Peril – Uptime Institute Blog
This Uptime Institute analysis details how traditional data center cooling towers consume roughly 6.75 million gallons of water per megawatt per year through evaporation, blow down, and drift. While newer chillerless and waterless alternatives can dramatically reduce consumption, the industry has been slow to adopt them due to higher costs, space requirements, and operational complexity.…
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WA Governor Orders a Study of Data Centers’ Energy Use, Job Creation and Tax Revenue – ProPublica
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson has signed an executive order to form a workgroup that will evaluate the impact of data centers on energy use, job creation, and state tax revenue. This initiative follows concerns about the industry's significant energy consumption conflicting with the state's carbon neutrality goals. The workgroup will assess tax incentives for data…
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WA Governor Orders a Study of Data Centers’ Energy Use, Job Creation and Tax Revenue — ProPublica
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson has signed an executive order to form a workgroup to evaluate the impact of data centers on energy use, job creation, and tax revenue. This follows concerns about the substantial tax breaks given to data centers, which conflict with the state's carbon neutrality goals. The workgroup will assess the industry's energy…
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AN ACT Relating to addressing emerging large energy use facilities (HB 251 / SB 6171)
Utilities required to create tariffs for large energy use customers (like data centers) to protect other customers from risks and costs due to the large use customers. Must include 10 yr minimum contracts, collateral and exit fees. Large use customers required to publicly report energy and water use and efficiency measures prior to approval and…
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