Re: Data Center Facility Costs
Bill Campbell <[email protected]>
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On Wed, Mar 05, 2008, John van Oppen (list account) wrote: >It is really counties as the power that cheap comes from public utility >districts. > > >http://www.gcpud.org/customercare/rates.htm is one of the PUDs (about 2 >cents in large quantities) > >http://www.gcpud.org/customercare/rates.htm is the other one, and >Wenatchee is the closest town, looks like they are publishing rates of >about 2.4 cents. > >I am told both will do around 1.5 for datacenters because the peak load >and continuous load are nearly the same. It is also worth noting that >that side of the state is a desert so in winter outside air is very cold >and can be used for cooling due to the low humidity. In the summer it >is hot, but due to the rivers there is plenty of water available for >chillers. For people wanting to run "green" facilities that is the >other advantage as you can see in the "fuel mix disclosures" for each >that they are forced to publish by the state: >http://www.chelanpud.org/4638.html as they indicate that both provide >100% renewable power (mostly hydro) and because both of them have made >such a large profit in the last few years they have built extensive >fiber networks along their utility right of ways. Interestingly the Washington state legislature decided somehow that hydro power is *NOT* renewable, thus foisting off more taxes for brain-dead alternative energy projects which can only survive with massive subsidies (Legal Plunder in the words of Frederic Bastiat). Bill -- INTERNET: [email protected] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 Liberals love to say things like, 'We're just asking everyone to pay their fair share.' But government is not about asking. It is about telling. The difference is fundamental. It is the difference between making love and being raped, between working for a living and being a slave. Dr. Thomas Sowell, Forbes, July 1994 -- Eat sushi frequently. - Avi [email protected] is the human contact address. [email protected] is the list posting address. See below URL for subscribe/unsubscribe and list options: http://inet-access.net/mailman/listinfo/list