The Land Desk

The Land Desk

Big Tech invades Nevada's power grid (and desert)

Data Center Watch; Trump Ticker; Messing with Maps

Jonathan P. Thompson's avatar
Jonathan P. Thompson
Sep 23, 2025
∙ Paid
🤖 Data Center Watch 👾

Last week, Jeff Brigger, an executive with NV Energy, Nevada’s largest utility — and a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary — told a gathering in Las Vegas that tech firms are asking the utility to supply up to 22,000 megawatts of electricity to support planned data centers.

That is an insanely enormous amount of generation capacity. It’s…

User's avatar

Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Jonathan P. Thompson.

Or purchase a paid subscription.
© 2025 Jonathan P. Thompson · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture