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Israel to Cap New Data Center Power at 200 Megawatts
Israel's Electricity Authority is proposing to cap the power capacity of new data centers at 200 megawatts. The decision, which follows a 140-day suspension of new connection approvals initiated in July, aims to protect the national grid from instability and manage a massive surge in demand driven by artificial intelligence and global tech companies.
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What happened
- 01Israel's Electricity Authority proposes capping the power capacity of new data centers at 200 megawatts.
- 02The total demand from submitted data center applications reached 27,000 megawatts, exceeding Israel's 18,800-megawatt generation capacity.
- 03By 2030, data centers are projected to consume approximately 20% of Israel's total electricity.
- 04The proposed limit will affect about half of the 100 connection requests submitted to the system operator, Noga.
- 05The cap will block a planned 1,100-megawatt facility in Hadera and an 875-megawatt center in Nesher.
- 06A 200-megawatt server farm for artificial intelligence is estimated to cost between $8 billion and $10 billion to build.
- 07The authority's board will discuss the proposal on Sunday, October 18, before a three-week public comment period.
The authority's board is scheduled to discuss the proposal on Sunday, October 18, before releasing it for a three-week public comment period. The total demand from all submitted data center applications has reached 27,000 megawatts, which far exceeds Israel's total electricity generation capacity of 18,800 megawatts. By 2030, data centers are projected to consume approximately 20% of Israel's total electricity.
The proposed 200-megawatt limit will affect roughly half of the 100 connection requests submitted to the system operator, Noga. It will block several planned large-scale projects, including a 1,100-megawatt facility in Hadera planned by Mega DC and an 875-megawatt center in Nesher proposed by SDS. Despite the cap, a 200-megawatt AI server farm remains a massive project, estimated to cost between $8 billion and $10 billion to construct.
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