Tag: Electricity grid

Power-hungry data centres threaten Australia’s energy grid

Posted on   |  by Johanna Lim
The Australian Energy Market Operator estimates data centres will consume 6 per cent of Australia’s grid-supplied electricity by 2030. To put that in context, that’s more than the current...

US data centre boom poses new risk to energy grid operators

Posted on   |  by Tim McLaughlin
Data Centre Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington DC and home to more than 200 data centres, consumes roughly the same electricity as Boston. So power company officials were...