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Grid & Utilities

distribution

Lower-voltage power lines (typically 4kV to 34.5kV) that deliver electricity from substations to homes and businesses. Distribution networks serve the "last mile" but have limited capacity—typically tens of megawatts per feeder. This is why gigawatt-scale data centers can't locate in cities: urban distribution networks can't handle the load.

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Discussed in Chapter 5 of This Is Server Country

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