The electricity bill will increase by 2 billion a year if the data center decree derails
A modelling study of the Spanish electrical system calculates that allowing the massive connection of ‘data centers’ without requiring them to use hourly clean energy will increase electricity by almost eight euros per megawatt-hour due to the additional burning of gas.
A report by PyPSA Labs warns that allowing data centers to connect without restrictions in Spain could increase electricity bills by around 2,000 million euros per year. This is due to the expected rise in fossil gas consumption by thermal power plants to meet the electricity demand of the data centers. Without regulations requiring these facilities to back up their consumption with clean energy, the wholesale electricity market price may increase by almost 8 euros per megawatt-hour. This would affect all consumers in the country.
Written by urgent.news from El Pais Economia's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
