QuoteNorthern Virginia needs the equivalent of several large nuclear power plants to serve all the new data centers planned and under construction.

Do you think pretending they are in Singapore adds to the cost?  Northern Virginia watches us 24-7?

That is snarky, don't answer.

Your article is a WA-PO article.  I don't know if Bezos is still the richest, but Bezos owns the WA-PO. Which means three letter guvmint agencies in Northern Virginia need the equivalent of several large nuclear power plants according to your article. 

Nowhere in your article is there ANY mention of limits, or does the ability to provide extra power come into question from a technical point of view.  The article advocates unregulated capitalism as much as it is talks about power.  The need to 'deregulate' is brought up.  The article is pure 100% FSOA propaganda.  Environmental costs?  No need to mention them as the article is important for national security.  Any mention of downside is unpatriotic.  Only a domestic terrorist would put out such misinformation.

The A.I. to watch us 24-7 consumes a lot of power.  Every post is scanned for content.  This post and yours (since they are paired) should be under 'Revolution' so the bots can't see them without logging in.  I moved them.

If extra capacity is built the need for power will only increase more. <-- Jevon's paradox.