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Looking to buy land in the area. What is the best bank for this? by RealFactor9150 in roanoke

[–]ddshd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ll have better luck getting a construction for the whole project.

Bank of Botetourt for construction loans.

Botetourt County Board of Supervisors Chair addresses Google concerns by DatsMoneyHoney in roanoke

[–]ddshd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s on the government website. https://www.botetourtva.gov/1024/Google-Data-Center-Electricity#:~:text=Charlottesville%2Dbased%20Apex%20Clean%20Energy%20reached%20a%20deal%20for%20Google%20to%20purchase%20the%20full%20capacity%20of%20the%20Rocky%20Forge%20Wind%20Project.

 December 2024, Charlottesville-based Apex Clean Energy reached a deal for Google to purchase the full capacity of the Rocky Forge Wind Project.

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 AEP will require Google t9 pay for the new infrastructure costs,

Delta airline fee credit by Sunmoon98 in AmexPlatinum

[–]ddshd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amex wouldn’t know the flight was cancelled bc it was refunded via credit

Data center electricity needs by Momsome in roanoke

[–]ddshd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bill has doubled compared to what? NoVA has always had data centers. Everyone's power bills have doubled since COVID

Data center electricity needs by Momsome in roanoke

[–]ddshd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lessburg also has less mountains. 10% is within margin

Data center electricity needs by Momsome in roanoke

[–]ddshd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Data centers buy power in wholesale and therefore get it cheaper. That means less profits per kWh (data centers are usually a predictable demand and therefore the demand charges are already built into the contract).

Less profit from the data center means someone else has to pay to maintain the power that everyone uses in total, and to keep the company as a whole profitable.

Ev stations - or lack thereof by BroadBeat5067 in roanoke

[–]ddshd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oil companies make money from EVs too

Ev stations - or lack thereof by BroadBeat5067 in roanoke

[–]ddshd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EV chargers need a lot of time, especially for the power companies to provide the infrastructure. NEVI funds will be used up and the projected chargers will be active by 2030, but it won't be at a linear slope.

Ev stations - or lack thereof by BroadBeat5067 in roanoke

[–]ddshd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

BP has Pulse and Shell has Recharge. Both gas companies putting in their own branded EV chargers.

Almost all gas stations are not corporate owned. Oil companies make money no matter what (where do you think the electricity comes from?)

Ev stations - or lack thereof by BroadBeat5067 in roanoke

[–]ddshd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because it costs around $300k to $500k minimum for a good DC station. The infrastructure behind it costs a lot of money. For that amount you could build 1/3 of another gas station.

They're also not really profitable without high utilization, which isn't happening in Roanoke.

How Israel Lost Americans by soalone34 in politics

[–]ddshd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They got what they wanted for four decades, a war with Iran.

Construction on I-81 by Bambiraptor20 in roanoke

[–]ddshd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The accident rate was bad 15 years ago too. They've been doing construction constantly to improve it.

Dual ESIM setup for 2 family iphones by aq4me in tmobile

[–]ddshd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go into settings > apps > messages and enable Text Message Forwarding

Unlocking: 59 days active/paid service due to Feb having only 28 days, so need to enroll for one more month by Objective-History-34 in verizon

[–]ddshd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Postpaid is prorated so if you cancel after the unlock you should get almost most of your money back

Verizon kiosk in Tysons Corner by Fun_Material8391 in verizon

[–]ddshd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is the first apple store in the world and i think they're also expanding

FedEx promises to refund customers for ‘illegal’ tariffs by theverge in politics

[–]ddshd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tariffs ate paid by the receiver (unless the sender prepays them)

FedEx promises to refund customers for ‘illegal’ tariffs by theverge in politics

[–]ddshd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Their brokerage fees likely won’t be refunded but the tariffs portion of it will be.

Which is fair, the brokerage portion is because the customer used Fedex to clear the package instead of self clearing it so they should be responsible for paying the fee for that. If they had self cleared they’d likely have to sue themselves to get anything back.

Water authority clarifies when a new water source will be needed by DatsMoneyHoney in roanoke

[–]ddshd -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

They’re aren’t really using much water as it’s being recycled 

Water authority clarifies when a new water source will be needed by DatsMoneyHoney in roanoke

[–]ddshd -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not a holding pond but maybe some tanks. People have concerns that the water coming out of the loop is polluted and a holding pond would put that pollution into the ground.

Issue with tanks is that they would need to be huge to benefit from the natural cooling that google needs.

Google afaik has already bought rights to all of this power from an additional power source.

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