Grid Strategies
US energy consultancy that models the grid-cost impact of data-centre electricity demand.
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How much extra will Virginia's data-centre tax cost hyperscale operators?
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Data Centres: Boom and BacklashModelled the tax's cost to large campuses
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Virginia signs first per-kWh power taxMentioned in: PJM warns 13 governors on grid costs
Data Centres: Boom and BacklashBackground
Grid Strategies LLC is a Washington DC power-sector consultancy founded in 2017, advising on transmission planning and wholesale electricity markets. It is led by president Rob Gramlich.
Grid Strategies estimated that Virginia's new $0.011 per kWh data-centre electricity tax adds a little over 10% to the effective rate large facilities pay for power, a figure widely cited as the first US state-level per-kilowatt-hour levy on AI compute takes effect.
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