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That could be because they use turbine generators for power when/if the local grid can't support what they want. The major difference between the turbines used in aircraft and the ones for datacenters is the load. Giant fans for planes, generators for datacenters.
Please ignore the obvious onesidedness of the link below. Its there to show I'm not making this ip. It's shitty that this is allowed and they aim to siphon off as much money as they can.
https://www.greengasturbines.com/blog/gas-turbines-for-data-centers-hyperscaler-power
"green" gas turbines, what the fuck?
Mmm, nice clean diesel 🥴
Which is illegal according to EPA regulations, last I knew.
Yeah, here we are.