[AngusH]

:-)

Very broad indeed, though I think it's just qualification for asking, not grounds for acceptance, (thankfully)

One thing I'm curious to know is what it's like on the distribution side though, getting these requests and then approving them (or not)

I wonder if they only get serious requests (say steel mills and hospitals) or if they also get requests from non-essential businesses who shouldn't be on the list?

Most data centers should have back up power, so the question of whether Facebook, Twitter and Amazon get cut off probably doesn't need to be asked.

[bombcar]

Datacenters often have agreements to shed load in emergencies - I was working on a machine inside a datacenter in San Diego when they announced that SDGE had asked them to throw to generator as the load was too high. This was back in the Enron days.

If you've never been in a secure datacenter when they throw, it's fun.

[dotancohen]

  > If you've never been in a secure datacenter when they throw, it's fun.

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