What Public Power Needs to Know About Serving Data Centers explains how the scale and pace of load growth driven by data centers present opportunities, as well as challenges, for the electric utilities serving these customers. Utilities are increasingly examining rates, rules, and policies because of how this customer type differs from more traditional commercial and industrial customers. Discover strategies that address potential challenges with serving data center customers related to electric revenue, reliability, power supply, transmission and distribution infrastructure, and interconnection queues.
This report provides market context and background information on data centers, presents considerations and strategies for serving data center customers, and provides examples of how public power utilities are working with prospective and current data center customers.
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