Power Fundamentals
Demand is the rate of electricity use over a defined interval, commonly measured in kW or kVA. Utilities often bill large customers based on the highest measured demand interval, not just total energy consumed.
Floodplain is land subject to flooding under defined frequency or mapped hazard assumptions. For data centers, floodplain exposure affects developable area, finished-floor elevation, equipment placement, insurance, resilience, and permitting.
Read definition →Demand response is a customer or aggregator program that reduces load in response to price, reliability events, or dispatch signals. Critical data center load is hard to curtail, but batteries, cooling thermal inertia, backup systems, or flexible compute may create limited opportunities.
Read definition →MW valuation expresses value relative to contracted, deliverable, or usable MW. It is useful in powered-land markets but can mislead unless the MW basis, timing, reliability, and obligations are clear.
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