So when Rio Tinto Kennecott (copper mine near slc utah) had to suspend operations a few years back following a slide, the pollution reduction and the power cons

So when Rio Tinto Kennecott (copper mine near slc utah) had to suspend operations a few years back following a slide, the pollution reduction and the power consumption of the whole area was impacted (positively, in my mind). TVA provides power to a huge number of industrial operations like kennecott and with a reduction of strip mining operations (We don't mine coal anything like we did even twenty years ago) and the increase in renewables, insulation and smarter construction, I don't see why the TVA considers it bonkers, and that was really the article editorializing. If anything, we (computer industry) should be building more data centers in TVA serviced areas. Not speaking for google here, but if you search for "TVA and Google" there's some interesting links..