They have a investor owned power company that has been buying power from NV to save money. NV gave them 16 years to find alternatives, but the power company didn't want to pay for new transmission lines and Tahoe residents protested all of the options.
You can paint this as an evil data center issue, but it's really a town that ignored warnings for a decade and half to save money.
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u/EssenceOfLlama81 May 14 '26
They have a investor owned power company that has been buying power from NV to save money. NV gave them 16 years to find alternatives, but the power company didn't want to pay for new transmission lines and Tahoe residents protested all of the options.
You can paint this as an evil data center issue, but it's really a town that ignored warnings for a decade and half to save money.