None of this means we should slow down data center development.
Why not? It seems like this is the logical conclusion to the piece. Data center development is outrunning localities’ ability to build infrastructure to support those data centers, so data center developers should either slow down or build their own infrastructure and internalize the costs that they’re dumping onto overstretched municipal boards and utility companies. Why is it incumbent upon municipalities to accomodate data centers?
Why not? It seems like this is the logical conclusion to the piece. Data center development is outrunning localities’ ability to build infrastructure to support those data centers, so data center developers should either slow down or build their own infrastructure and internalize the costs that they’re dumping onto overstretched municipal boards and utility companies. Why is it incumbent upon municipalities to accomodate data centers?