Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant

Is your data center development delayed by power constraints or community opposition and you urgently need solutions? DM me

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

@curious_founder What happens with the projects at that stage? Do they just wait?

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

@TennisonEddie Nashville will be in mourning

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

@FilArons Lol - and your reply was?

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

I'm a bit surprised that developers aren't keeping up with the new policies for each state when they're proposing to build a data center, and making sure they are adhering to them, especially when politicians are being pressured to respond in favor of their voters.

Although it should be given now that they bring it own power, and engage community at the earliest opportunity.

#DataCenters #AIInfrastructure #CommunityEngagement #PowerInfrastructure

[The Dallas Express News @DallasExpress]

🚨PROPOSED DATA CENTER NEAR CEDAR CREEK LAKE WITHDRAWN AFTER ABBOTT PRESSURE

Diode Ventures dropped the Henderson County project after @GregAbbott_TX said it failed to meet standards protecting communities, natural resources, and the electric grid.

https://t.co/ePVJVaKidH

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

@KylieJaneKremer I get the point that you yourself are making that AI Infrastructure needs to involve the neighbourhood, but I the protests seems to be an absolute no to data center, not no to non-consultation

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

@JeffChavez With an off-grid setup, what's the fallback if the primary power source goes down?

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

@pcshipp Guest mode is just quicker

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

@anitavlallian @chamath @ethanagarwal Things like this don't really convince anyone but the people already involved in building data centers.

And saying things like "no water" and "no noise" creates more questions rather than building trust for those on the fence.

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@taylorbmonnig @CleanSpark_Inc Wow - this is huge! The scale of this buildout is going to require much much more than technology investment.

Infrastructure, energy availability, and execution capacity will be just as important

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

@OSGChrisStott I'm curious what their reasons were for them wanting the pause, and how long is the pause.

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

@dcdnews This seems to be happening all over the world right now.

Getting your data center built is no longer just about finding the right site, it’s about whether the power infrastructure can actually support the demand.

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

Wow, so New York just became the first state to pause new 50MW+ projects for a year, because of concerns around grid capacity and increasing electricity bills for residents.

Its official, power and community concerns matter just as much as the site itself now

[VanquishTrader @VanquishTrader]

New York is imposing the nation’s first statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers using 50MW or more of power.

The one-year pause takes effect immediately while the state studies energy, water and environmental impacts, though already permitted projects are exempt.

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

@_cyberhusky This is genuinely useful, most people don't realize how much a site's viability comes down to proximity to exactly this stuff, substations, transmission lines, existing power infrastructure. Bookmarking this.

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

@caorilne Thats pretty normal - the exciting stuff is all upfront, thats what get the investment in the door, but the people working behind the scenes are the "boring" ones that keep the company chugging along.

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

It seems that multiple grid operators are actively starting to favor data center developments that bring their own power or have demand flexibility.

It's no longer a niche strategy, but now becoming the best way to get the power needed while bypassing the grid altogether.

[Matt Allen @investmattallen]

$MARA Mara published one of its most important AI infrastructure updates yet:

-U.S. regulators are increasingly prioritizing data centers that either bring their own power generation or can flexibly reduce electricity demand when the grid is under stress

-FERC, the federal agency that regulates the U.S. electric grid, is pushing grid operators to reform large-load interconnection rules to better accommodate on-site power generation and flexible electricity demand

-ERCOT, the electric grid operator that manages most of Texas, is evaluating more than 438 GW of new large-load requests, roughly 5x its historical peak electricity demand, and approved a faster interconnection process for projects that bring their own generation or can curtail load

-SPP, the regional grid operator across much of the central U.S., has already implemented a framework that fast-tracks data centers with co-located generation or the ability to reduce power consumption during grid emergencies

-MARA has already been operating this way for years, curtailing as much as 770 MW across multiple power markets during periods of grid stress

-MARA converts stranded and flared natural gas into on-site power through its NGON partnership, recently doubling capacity to 50 MW

-Long Ridge is expected to become one of MARA’s flagship AI infrastructure campuses, combining a 505 MW power plant with a clear path to more than 1 GW of AI and critical IT capacity as part of the company’s 2.2 GW development pipeline

-Through its partnership with Starwood Digital Ventures, MARA can pursue powered AI infrastructure sites that would otherwise be too capital-intensive or too early in their development cycle, creating a capital-efficient pathway to hyperscaler data center development

-Bitcoin mining allows MARA to monetize powered sites immediately while AI and HPC infrastructure is being developed, helping reduce the financial risk of large infrastructure projects

The biggest takeaway is that regulators across multiple U.S. power markets appear to be moving toward the exact operating model MARA has been building for years.

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

@PNS_News @idconservation I wonder what changed in this resubmission. A second denial after a public fight is expensive in ways beyond just the project timeline.

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

@SmallCapSnipa This was inevitable, they even have an issue powering the High speed rail when (and if) it's eventually built.

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@MollySOShea @andrewdfeldman I would say its the reverse, 5 years is a very short amount of time, and what technology or capability could emerge between now and then? We just don't know

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

@Hedgeye why are they in so much debt?

[Maria Mustapha | Strategy Consultant @mariamusta33]

@NetChoice I don't think anyone's going to believe that, including residents who are worried about this.