Below we present:
- key dilemmas regarding the power supply of the data center and the new high-voltage infrastructure, with the statements of the chief designer Mislav Crnogorac
- plans for cooling and relying on underground water at the location, and what this means for the environment and local resources – the views of domestic electricity experts on the feasibility of the network and investment priorities
- noise assessment of a large campus, with impact on surrounding neighborhoods and regulatory requirements
- comparison of the announced employment with the practice of comparable centers and where the main costs of the investment are incurred
The Pantheon project, as it was announced to the Croatian public, entails several very important questions to which it is difficult to give conclusive answers today, but it is important to ask them: these are the questions of electricity to power the plant, water for its cooling, environmental costs in the form of high noise levels and environmental impact, as well as the number of people who will eventually work in the operations center.
So let’s start in order.
Where does the electricity come from?
The investors announced that the data center will have a power of 1 gigawatt (GW) — that figure represents the energy requirements of the facility. If we break it down, the matter looks like this: 1 GW is 1000 MW of continuous pumping of electricity (for the sake of simpler calculations, let’s assume that the center is constantly working at full capacity, although most often…
