As part of WABE’s series “Server South,” we’re looking at the potential benefits and consequences of the spike in data center construction in Georgia.
One aspect that has experts concerned is the impact the energy-hungry facilities could have on the power supply, and how that in turn could affect power bills.
Tyler Norris, a Ph.D. candidate and James B. Duke fellow with Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, says the real issue is how we’re using the energy we already have.
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