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Israel to Cap New Data Center Power at 200 Megawatts
Israel's Electricity Authority plans to limit new data centers to 200 megawatts each, a move aimed at protecting the national power grid and allowing for more facilities. This comes as data centers are projected to consume 20% of the country's electricity by 2030.
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- 01Israel's Electricity Authority will cap new data centers at 200 megawatts each.
- 02Data centers are projected to consume 20% of Israel's electricity by 2030.
- 03The new limit would block planned facilities of 1100 and 875 megawatts.
- 04The cap aims to protect the national grid from instability and outages.
- 05Total requested data center capacity exceeds current generation capacity.
The proposed cap would disallow several large-scale projects already in the pipeline, including one planned at 1100 megawatts. The authority aims to prevent grid instability and widespread outages, as data center demand is constant and cannot be easily curtailed.
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