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Are data centers really paying their share? AES Indiana’s Google deal highlights a thorny question

While local projects are fairly easy to trace back to a specific data center, regional system upgrades raise more complex questions about who benefits and cost allocation, one expert said.

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While local projects are fairly easy to trace back to a specific data center, regional system upgrades raise more complex questions about who benefits and cost allocation, one expert said. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission recently approved AES Indiana’s plan to serve a Google data center in a contested case that highlights the complex challenges regulators and utilities face in allocating system costs for large computational loads.

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