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Originally Posted by Azure
I mean assuming money and investment isn't an issue, what is stopping them from building off-grid natural gas power plants that literally only power this facility?
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Nothing. Just the application process. I don't know if they can be completely off the grid. I think it has to have the ability to import or export to the main grid, but I don't know if that's a regulatory requirement or just good design practice.
I was checking to see if this had made it to the Alberta Major Projects website yet. It hasn't, but there's a smaller version being constructed in Balzac;
https://majorprojects.alberta.ca/det...a-Center/11416
It includes it's own 90mW power generation plant. Just a baby compared to what these guys are talking, but these places are obviously a real thing. I wonder if Alberta's lack of seismic activity is part of the attraction.
Edit....I read more deeply my own link. This eStruxture company already has 2 of these in the Calgary area. I am clearly late to the party when it comes to what's going on in Alberta with data centers.