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By ESS news
In Texas, a new kind of reliability standard is changing where data centers choose to build and how they power their operations. Under a “kill switch” law passed earlier this year, utilities can forcibly shut down large, non-critical industrial users, such as hyperscale data centers, during electrical grid emergencies to keep electricity flowing to the greatest number of people.
“Utilities across the country are warning operators to be prepared for sudden power outages,” explained James Roth, head of global policy and government affairs at Bloom Energy. He told it ESS news that for operators with contractual uptime obligations, the risk of sudden shutdowns is “simply untenable.”
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