From coal plant to data center: Old power stations are being repurposed

With the push for AI and cloud computing, tech giants are transforming old power stations into data centers, addressing challenges of location and energy constraints.

Many data center markets are heavily constrained when it comes to land availability and power, which in turn fueled interest in smaller markets and more complicated sites such as old power stations.

Coal power stations, while being decommissioned, have attributes that a data center campus would need, such as high power usage capabilities and existing power infrastructure.

Microsoft plans to develop data centers on sites of old power stations in the UK, indicating a strategic shift towards repurposing existing energy infrastructure.

Read at Ars Technica