America’s neighbor to the south is courting investments from Big Tech, but its power grid and water supplies might not be prepared, risking droughts and blackouts.
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Mexico’s power grid is struggling to supply all the electricity necessary for an influx of data centers from tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google.
crosoft data center in Colón, an industrial hub in the central state Querétaro, was forced to run on gas generators for at least part of last year, according to Rest of the World, due to „long construction timelines.“ It plans to plug its facilities into the local grid by 2027, but until then, Microsoft has government approval to temporarily power them with seven generators.
