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agoodthrowaway
on Feb 26, 2018
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Yep these facilities require >100MW and require their own substations. Hence one reason why it takes so long to build.
Caveman_Coder
on Feb 26, 2018
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I'd imagine that the lead time on getting the substation equipment is probably the longest for all of equipment inside a DC. Chillers, UPSs, generators, and breakers are probably not in as high demand or take as long to manufacture as a MV XFMR.
sah2ed
on Feb 27, 2018
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Why not shorten the lead time by biding higher for freshly built XFMRs from other countries of the desired capacity?
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