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Mexico’s power grid is struggling for all power supply for the arrival of data centers from Microsoft, Amazon, and Google.
According to the rest of the world due to “long construction timelines”, an industrial center in the Central State of the state, Microsoft Data Center in Colin, which was forced to run on gas generators for the minimum of last year. It plans to plug its facilities into the local grid by 2027, but by then, Microsoft has the government’s approval to temporarily provide them with electricity with seven generators.
Google opened a data center site in the area in 2024. Amazon opened a campus in January and plans to invest $ 5 billion in the area to better serve Latin American consumers.
Central Mexico is rapidly becoming a country data center capital, but the region is also prone to drought and blackout, Benefactor Reports, the possibility of two issues data centers will increase. According to the BBC report, the area suffered the worst drought in a century in 2024, which prevented the growth of crops and the distribution of water in communities. This year, Microsoft used 40 million liters of water to the BBC to its data centers in the area.
Microsoft, Amazon, and Google say data centers bring jobs and new industries, but these facilities can create resources equity issues, including the United States. When Meta opened a data center in Georgia, the kitchen taps turned to a trick, New York Times Reports
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The United States is also struggling to produce enough power for its data centers. The country’s largest power grid, PJM, expects, expects low supply and data centers due to a 20 % increase in utility bills for residents in 13 northeastern states.
The Trump administration has preferred building data centers. In July, the president Signed An executive order to reduce red tape on permits for electrical transmission lines and other data center infrastructure. However, given the shortage of power generation, there is a danger that even if tech companies build data centers and add them to the grid, they will not have that much power.
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I’ve been on the PCMAG for three years from working in Big Tech on the West Coast for three years to six years. Through this experience, I got a close idea about how software engineering teams work, how good products are launched, and how the business strategy changes over time. After receiving my master at North Western University, I can now use my internal knowledge to comment on the industry for others and to explain it. Big question: Where is all this going?
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