Utility Rates, Grid, and Markets
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.
Transmission is the high-voltage movement of bulk power across longer distances from generation or interchange points toward load centers. Transmission constraints are often the limiting factor for large-load data center growth.
Read definition →Sales tax exemption removes sales or use tax from qualifying purchases, such as servers, enabling software, electrical equipment, or construction materials depending on state rules. Data center exemptions often require investment, job, wage, or MOU commitments.
Read definition →GPU cluster is a group of graphics processing units connected for AI, machine learning, or high-performance computing workloads. Cluster scale affects rack density, network topology, latency, cooling, and power ramp requirements.
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