James Ecologist

Riley Trettel (Energy & Data Center Development at SpaceX) in yesterdays Cochise Data Center meeting. He claims the project will deliver up to: - 40% off residential power bills for Sulphur Springs members, for the life of the project - $53 million a year to the SSVEC Foundation, for education and the community - $190 million a year in extra capital for Sulphur Springs, for projects or back to members - $200 million a year for AEPCO and its members. About $100 million of that for Sulphur Springs - $3.6 billion in new power lines, paid by SpaceX and given to the co-op. The co-op takes on no debt - $30 to $100 million a year in new property tax, and a 20% cut in everyone else's county property taxes - $250 million, one time, in sales tax. He said it could pay off the jail bond and fund the sheriff, fire districts, and the hospital - $50 billion invested in the project - 1,000 permanent jobs and 5,000 construction jobs - No industrial water. Water for staff and maintenance about equal to 20–30 homes a year - No gas turbines and no power plant on the site. The computers buy power from the co-op grid - Dark-sky lighting, pointed at the ground - Cooling equipment more than 1,500 feet from any neighboring property line or public road This project is clearly extremely positive for the area.