Alabama’s New Data Center Rules Still Leave Customers in the Dark, Critics Say
Nearly all observers agree that Alabama’s new data center policies released this week are an improvement over the state’s old rules, which treat massive…
Inside Climate News reports: Nearly all observers agree that Alabama’s new data center policies released this week are an improvement over the state’s old rules, which treat massive, power-hungry data centers like any other large industrial operation.
But several groups say the new rules for contracts between the data centers and Alabama Power, the state’s largest electric utility, don’t.
This environment story centres on the United States. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Alabama’s New Data Center, Rules Still Leave Customers and Alabama Power.
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