Continuing to protect the status quo

[YankeyMCC]

Now some people in power are helping to protect big energy users and protecting the concept of unchecked growth and consumption by industry:

From Slashdot: "Just days after Google announced that it may build a huge data center in the state, Oklahoma's governor has signed a bill into law that will effectively exempt the largest customers of municipal power companies from public disclosure of how much power they are using. Officials of the state's power industry say the measure is not a 'Google Law' but was sought 'on behalf of large-volume electric users that might be considering a move to Oklahoma.' Others acknowledge that data center operators were among those seeking the law, apparently arguing that the details of their enormous power usage are a trade secret. Google recently acquired 800 acres in Pryor, Oklahoma for possible development as a data center, and is reportedly seeking up to 15 megawatts of power for the facility."

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/13/2059251&from=rss

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/Apr/13/should_power_usage_be_a_secret.html