Truth about unsustainable Data Centres in Northern Virginia, USA

Online panel discussion
Chair: Stefan Frenzel, DME, Independent Consultant
Participants:
Julie Bolthouse, Director of Land Use at Piedmont Environmental Council
Elena Schlossberg, Coalition to Protect Prince William County
Henrik Børling, Business Development Manager, Huawei Nordic
David Gyulnazaryan, Impleon, Independent Consultant
In the panel you will find the answers on the questions:
01:28 Introduction
08:00 Who pays for the data center energy transmission infrastructure?
17:45 Why the current model of data center development as an existential threat to communities?
31:40 What are the challenges for making heat reuse in big scale, like 200MW or more?
36:10 What is the project of the Energy Hub (Varde Data Park) of the Varde municipality in Denmark?
41:30 Data Centers say they are "good neighbours". What is reality?
47:00 Why should the world care about what is happening in Virginia?
51:15 Is there solution to handle growing energy demand for data centres, including AI application?
54:35 How does the current status of Varde Data Park look like?
57:00 What impact does that have on your community, your region, and the state?
58:25 Is there approach which can cover and environmental and social pillars for 200MW DC?
1:02:20 Are there similar projects in the Nordic region?

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Excellent short presentation by Julie Bolthouse