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Power Fundamentals

Current

Current, measured in amperes, is the flow of electric charge. For a given kW, lower voltage generally requires higher current, which drives conductor, breaker, switchgear, and heat-management requirements.

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VPPA

Virtual Power Purchase Agreement is a financial contract for differences tied to a generation project rather than physical delivery to the buyer's meter. It can support renewable procurement but does not by itself solve local capacity or interconnection constraints.

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Water stress

Water stress describes pressure on local water resources from demand, scarcity, drought, and competing uses. Data center WUE should be interpreted alongside local water stress because the same water use can have different community impact in different basins.

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Cross connect

Cross connect is a dedicated physical or logical connection between two endpoints inside a data center or campus. It can connect customers to carriers, cloud on-ramps, other tenants, or internal network nodes.

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