The law requires data centers with peak demands of at least 50 megawatts to pay for their own electricity infrastructure.
  • spacehulk@lemmy.zipEnglish
    14·
    4 hours ago

    Does that mean they just start up local diesel generators and make a bunch of smog and noise? This isnt the infra we want

    • Brkdncr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      4 hours ago

      It means that if a power generation plant can produce 100, but the demand is currently 50, and the datacenter wants 25, the datacenter needs to pay to expand the generation plant to 125.

      • Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        5·
        3 hours ago

        It means that data centers will just find a way to have themselves classified as anything except for a data center… meanwhile anyone who happens to have more than 3 computers in their homes will have to pay extra on their electric bills.

    • Greyghoster@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      A federal law would say that the power can only be generated by coal, oil or methane. Got to look after the fossil billionaires.

    • nocturne@slrpnk.netEnglish
      36·
      7 hours ago

      Highly doubt it will. The way things are going, it will become a federal law that data centers must have their electricity subsidized by poor people, and states cannot overrule this law.

      • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
        2·
        1 hour ago

        All citizens must do their patriotic duty and spend at least 3 hours per day turning hand-crank generators to make sure the machine gods (and more importantly, their oligarch owners) have enough electricity.

    • crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      5 hours ago

      Whatever happened to that executive order Trump was so excited about, that said this exact same thing?

    • teyrnon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      101·
      4 hours ago

      Tennessee has one of the worst state governments in the country. So it probably is bullshit.

      • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        4 hours ago

        Yeah, I imagine the language is something like “data centers must pay for last mile infrastructure” meaning the transmission lines from the DC to a nearby substation, while everyone else has to pay for the utility company to build new power plants to meet the demand requirements.

        • errer@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          2 hours ago

          Guys, I have an announcement: I read the article

          Some who voted against the bill worried about an amendment to the original proposal that, in limited circumstances, will allow utilities to allocate portions of the infrastructure costs across the broader system, rather than charging only the data center, if the upgrades also benefit other customers or improve or replace existing infrastructure.

          So yeah, it’s bullshit

    • Drusas@fedia.io
      7·
      4 hours ago

      It’s so rare to see anything good happen in Tennessee politics that it’s hard to believe.

  • fira@lemmy.todayEnglish
    7·
    6 hours ago

    Those good for nothing ai agents need to go out & get JOBS & pay for their own damn electrons!

    • teyrnon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      4 hours ago

      Haha, did this bill Lee fellow that I presume is governor, dress up in drag?

      I think I recall something about this years ago, but it could have been a different Republican politician many of them like to do this at their douchey frats. Then get elected and hate on gays and trans and whatever.