Nick87
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If they're union and have. Decent one they should be getting that work in there back yard regardless of the sub. That sucks.
Data Centers
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Hunting Wife
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We’ve got a bunch of interest in these, but we also have a significant conservation easement footprint. It’s going to be an interesting path forward. A lot of these companies are inclined to just bulldoze the easement and deal with the repercussions after the fact because they have endless supplies of money.
At the same time, some of these data centers require as much power as the annual usage of an entire city. And of course the infrastructure and generation capacity for such does not yet exist. Electric rates have been increasing fairly rapidly for average consumers, and the companies, of course, are getting breaks for “commercial use”. Regular consumers are getting shafted in order to subsidize all the infrastructure build out necessary for these data centers, cloud computing centers, battery storage facilities, additional substations. Another example of socializing the costs so they can privatize the profits.
At the same time, some of these data centers require as much power as the annual usage of an entire city. And of course the infrastructure and generation capacity for such does not yet exist. Electric rates have been increasing fairly rapidly for average consumers, and the companies, of course, are getting breaks for “commercial use”. Regular consumers are getting shafted in order to subsidize all the infrastructure build out necessary for these data centers, cloud computing centers, battery storage facilities, additional substations. Another example of socializing the costs so they can privatize the profits.
Nick87
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That's the vibe I get when I'm on those jobs. The extras they sign off for are mind-blowing. Its like they're printing money.
