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对电和水都有影响。
https://www.theguardian.com/envi ... er-supply-emissions
Will datacentre growth affect electricity prices?
There will be an undeniable impact on the overall cost of electricity, which will flow through to power prices, says Dr Dylan McConnell, an energy systems researcher at the University of NSW. “You need to build a bigger system to serve this load, and that will mean more expensive resources are used.”
A report by Baringa consultants for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) finds that by 2035 datacentre growth could increase wholesale electricity prices by 26% in NSW and 23% in Victoria, primarily driven by a need for more expensive gas peaking generation.
“This reliance not only drives up prices but could also lead to a 14% increase in grid emissions across the [national electricity market],” the report says.
Are they a threat to the water supply?
Data Centres Australia describes the industry as “modest water users” and highlights major opportunities to reduce reliance on drinking water with closed-loop cooling systems and recycled water.
But water authorities are anticipating the demand on drinking water supplies will be significant. Datacentre demand in Sydney alone is forecast to be 250 megalitres a day by 2035, roughly equivalent to Canberra’s total drinking water, while Melbourne Water says development applications for new hyperscale datacentres already exceed the water demand for nearly all of the state’s top 30 business customers combined. |
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