DCs are power hungry and so can have lots of strain in local places. In popular siting locations like Ireland, the local power grid is struggling. Data centers

DCs are power hungry and so can have lots of strain in local places. In popular siting locations like Ireland, the local power grid is struggling. Data centers make up 18% of Irish electricity consumption: https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/06/13/data-centres-gobble-up-18-of-irelands-electricity-as-country-struggles-with-climate-target https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/06/13/data-centres-gobbl... In developing countries like India where the power grid is not stable, to maintain DC uptime you probably need backup generation, which is very expensive very fast.