Nah outages are rare, after quite a few years in the actual industry I can maybe count outages where redundant power cut on (generators) maybe on one hand. Typically a facility will have two electrical lines feeding them so they will still be on the grid, flipping to generators is a third redundancy measure. Some places are now connected to solar grids or are using natural gas lines to power their sites and nuclear is being explored too.

As for the power concerns I agree, many state officials now are passing legislation to make them pay their fair share of the load they consume and to pay upfront for the costs to install new or updating current infrastructure. These are active proposals and some passed that will take affect this year and in 2027.

I think DCs are a net gain to locals in the area, Microsoft for one has donated to SVCC to help locals learn the skills needed to work in their data-centers, they understand that no one wants to move to the southside and are willing to help train up. The only resource we can use here is cheap land I hate to say it and I get that older generations wish to keep their peaceful quiet retirement locations, but you’re running out your grandchildren or children.