Fundamental Data LLC: Plant slated to be first part of data and energy infrastructure project
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A roughly 785-megawatt generating plant is slated to be the first part of a large-scale data and energy infrastructure project designed to support artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and enterprise systems, according to Fundamental Data LLC, the company behind Ridgeline. In a place where tourism, outdoor recreation and community are deeply intertwined, a power plant and data center campus in Tucker County would bring large-scale development. The complex would rely primarily on natural gas, with diesel as a backup fuel source. Power generated on-site, rather than purchased from the regional grid, could ease some concerns about the project's effects on electricity rates. It does not, however, resolve concerns over air and water pollution.
WinstonNPR reports that a roughly seven hundred eighty-five megawatt generating plant is slated to be the first part of a large-scale data and energy infrastructure project, according to Fundamental Data LLC, the company behind Ridgeline.
AsherFundamental Data says the project is designed to support artificial intelligence, cloud computing and enterprise systems.
WinstonNPR also describes a power plant and data center campus in Tucker County that would bring large-scale development into a place where tourism, outdoor recreation and community are deeply intertwined.
AsherThe setting is part of the story, not just the megawatt figure. What would the complex use for fuel?
WinstonThe complex would rely primarily on natural gas, with diesel as backup fuel. The power would be generated on-site.
AsherSo it would generate power there rather than purchase it from the regional grid. Would that ease concerns about electricity rates?
WinstonIt could ease some concerns about the project's effects on electricity rates. But generating power on-site does not resolve concerns over air and water pollution. Those are separate concerns.