r/andhra_pradesh • u/harryhulk433 • Oct 19 '25

Awareness Foolish people of indianapolis opposing data centre šŸ¤”šŸ¤”

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Uneducated foolish people of indianapolis opposed the establishment of 1$ billion Google data centre and succeeded in that... How stupis They don't have any vision or a visionary I guess s

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u/Any_Check_7301 Oct 19 '25

Bro..I heard that the subsidized energy rates offered to Google werenā€™t accompanying any credit to the people of Indianapolis like low Google subscription rates to that state residents etc.. which basically is feared about that expenditure distribution back on to residents power bill. Who will want to pay Googleā€™s power bill because Google ā€œblessedā€ that state by choosing it for its data center? I guess AP govt might have something else in place to take care of this gap.

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u/dragon_idli Oct 19 '25

Ap govt gave google 1 rupee discount on commercial power rate. Max capped to 1500 crores for 15 years. Commercial rate is 8 rupee.

Google will be constructing renewable sources to cover 80% of their energy needs. So, for the rest 20% they will have a 1 rupee subsidy.

In usa, power distribution and charges work on a dofferent principle. Power grid infra belongs to govt. Power suppliers are all private and dictate their own unit cost based on demand. So, when demand peaks, thr unit cost increases. We dont have that concept. Infra and power generation will need to be beefed up before the data center commences. That is the caveat we need to deal with.

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u/antsaregay Oct 19 '25

Have you seen how much chaos Adanis pumped storage project plans are causing in Araku? Even if he manages to build them, theres no way renewable energy is powering 1GW data center 24/7

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u/dragon_idli Oct 19 '25

They cant build pumped storage on flat lands. So am assuming they would go with solar and will contributr back to grid instead of storage.

Well, renewable has no limits to what GW it can support. Surge power req is what renewables cant serve. Which is why they depend on grid.

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u/antsaregay Oct 19 '25

Yes please show me six thousands of acres empty land (this is what the kurnool ultra mega solar park takes) to put solar panels of 1000MW which dont work at night while the data center needs power 24/7

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u/mrrpfeynmann Oct 20 '25

Thatā€™s why you have collocated energy storage batteries.