Mary Evans
7:03 - 7:40
"The proposed facility could ultimately consume the 2 megawatts of electricity continuously, 24 hours a day, 365."
“The proposed facility could ultimately consume the 2 megawatts of electricity continuously, 24 hours a day, 365.”
- Speaker
- Mary Evans
- Timestamp
- 7:03 – 7:40
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Petersburg
- Captured at
- August 11, 2026
From the transcript
Um, public understanding of the long-term impacts of data center development is in its infancy right now. Communities across the country are right now grappling with questions about electricity demand, noise, heat, water, chemical use. Battery safety, land use, and cumulative effects of allowing these facilities to expand. And we don't yet know enough about this particular Greenspark project to confidently say that all of those risks are insignificant. The proposed facility could ultimately consume the 2 megawatts of electricity continuously, 24 hours a day, 365.
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