Colorado power grid upgrades part of $2B push to prevent blackouts, address data center worries

And everyone will pay for the upgrades for 10-20 years in most places Would also imagine water might also be a issue. There building them in rural areas that are using water cooled equipment for cooling. Their cooling.load doesn't vary by much. A cooling tower uses 2.6 gallons per hour per ton from evaporation, driff and blow down. 1000 tonsX 2.6 X 24 hours X 365 year = 22,776,000 gallons. Cooling tower blow down is full of water treatment that is poisonous. Have.idea how.water treatment plants.handle it.
Some data centers might have 5000 ton or more.
 
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