I wonder, if there were more data center capacity in the state, would that help? For example, take Tracy, or some of the land around SR 46 west of Lost Hills:

I wonder, if there were more data center capacity in the state, would that help? For example, take Tracy, or some of the land around SR 46 west of Lost Hills: If a cloud provider built facilities there, that would add a fairly constant draw on the state's power supply, with some small flexibility[1]. I wonder if that would be enough to reduce CA electricity prices (as weird as that might sound). [1]: In the case of AWS, imagine if there were a power shortage, they could respond by massively increasing spot prices, causing load shedding, and allowing hardware to shut down.