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Energy Utilities hold the Ace card for Urban Hyperscale Data centers
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1 Jul 2020

Energy Utilities hold the Ace card for Urban Hyperscale Data centers

Low latency, high resiliency urban data centers are critical extensions to the underlying infrastructure of the digital economy. However, urban environments will struggle to integrate hyper-scale data centers because suitable sites are in short supply. The answer lies in coal, or at least the absence of it. Confused? All will become clear in 800 words.

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This article is part of a series in cooperation with Digital Infrastructure Network, covering some of the key ideas contained in the SDIA’s flagship report on the future of Digital Infrastructure: Utility of the Future – Where Digital and Energy Infrastructure combine. You can download the executive summary today and be notified when the report is released.

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