Technology & business
Why data centres are becoming an energy story
As demand for computing grows, access to electricity is becoming part of the decision about where new data centres get built.
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Land and network connections can make a site attractive. But a project also needs a dependable supply of electricity and a way to cool its equipment. Those requirements bring utilities and local infrastructure into decisions that once seemed to belong mainly to technology companies.
Watch the gap between a company’s announcement and when a site can actually connect to the grid. That timeline can tell you more about when the extra computing capacity will arrive.