https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/10/microsoft-agrees-to-buy-power-from-sam-altman-backed-helion-in-2028.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/10/microsoft-agrees-to-buy

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/10/microsoft-agrees-to-buy-power-from-sam-altman-backed-helion-in-2028.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/10/microsoft-agrees-to-buy-powe... > Helion’s deal with Microsoft is to get 50 megawatts online, Looking at solar costs https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/capital-costs-of-utility-scale-solar-pv-in-selected-emerging-economies https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/capital-costs... 50MW in solar would cost 50-100M and I can't imagine this could be much more expensive or it wouldn't be competitive at all. Microsoft annual operating expenses for 2022 were $114.887B so about a 1-2000 times more.