Some Int'l Electricity Tariff data, that's why data centers are where they are
The price and availability are critical for data centers to exist. The Economist has an article on Brazil's Electricity Tariff, and what caught my attention is the range of Electricity Tariffs. How electricity tariffs are used in each country to tax consumption in industries and consumers has an interesting impact on where you will put your data center. The cost of electricity is bumped up by 28 different taxes which together account for almost half the average bill, according to Acende Brasil, an energy-research institute. As a result, energy prices for industrial users are extraordinarily high (see chart). Ms Rousseff announced that from early next year two taxes will go altogether and a third one will be slashed by three-quarters. Officials say further savings will come from having driven a hard bargain with generating companies over extending contracts due to expire soon. All in all, residential bills will fall ...
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