Some artificial intelligence (AI) data centers are vacant in California because the local utility cannot provide the electricity required to operate them, according to Bloomberg.

Although developers in Santa Clara, California, have completed the shells of data center projects, the facilities remain empty and unpowered because the city-owned utility, Silicon Valley Power (SVP), cannot supply enough electricity to meet their energy demands, Bloomberg reported.

California imports the second-largest amount of electricity of any state, according to the Energy Information Administration ( EIA ), and has been phasing out reliable power sources like coal as it pursues a rapid green energy transition .

Big Tech pledged to meet emissions goals similar to California’s in a move that

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