(Central News Agency reporter Zeng Zhiyi, Taipei, 17th) The industrial electricity price adjustment plan is being processed in a more detailed direction. The Ministry of Economic Affairs considers that the domestic data center consumes a lot of electricity, almost 24 hours a day, but applies relatively low industrial electricity prices, which becomes a disguised subsidy. Taking into account the issue of fairness, it is planned to set up another two-level interval for annual electricity consumption of 50 million kilowatt-hours and more than 100 million kilowatt-hours, and the amplitude of electricity price adjustment will be higher than that of general industries.
The number of high-voltage and ultra-high-voltage users in Taiwan accounts for less than 1% of Taiwan, but electricity consumption exceeds 60%. Taking into account the “user pays” principle, and the increase in electricity prices has the effect of guiding energy conservation, the Ministry of Economic Affairs will use industry-specific and Annual electricity consumption is used as a classification method, and based on the increase or decrease in electricity consumption, it is determined whether the industry has been affected by the boom. If the decline in electricity consumption exceeds 10%, it means that the industry is affected by the general environment and the boom. This type of industry has the lowest electricity price adjustment.
On the other hand, the scale of the global Internet Data Center (IDC) continues to grow, fueled by trends such as AI and cloud computing. Taipower has observed that the power consumption of domestic data centers is very considerable, not far from the power consumption of some semiconductor factories. Therefore, it is planned to set up a first-level separation for data centers with annual electricity consumption of more than 50 million kilowatt-hours and more than 100 million kilowatt-hours. The actuarial amplitude adjustment is currently being analyzed.
Officials familiar with the matter explained that the reason for this plan is that the data center uses electricity almost 24 hours a day and is suitable for industrial use. The average electricity price is relatively low, which is equivalent to a disguised subsidy for electricity prices.
In addition, officials said that other countries have additional mechanisms for data center power consumption. Some directly disallow the setting, while others regulate power consumption limits. Considering that the industrial electricity prices of competitors such as South Korea are already higher than those in Taiwan, in cross-border comparisons, more and more companies will choose to build data centers in Taiwan. The trend can be seen from the number of applications, and the subsidy for industrial electricity prices is nearly 1 yuan per kilowatt hour, which means there is fairness. Sexual issues.
Taiwan’s data centers consume nearly 1.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, of which more than 800 million kilowatt-hours are used by a multinational technology company, and the rest include telecommunications, communication companies, and other data center companies. Officials revealed that several “large companies” have applied for contract capacity of 20MW, 50MW, and 200MW. (Editor: Lin Shuyuan) 1130317
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