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Flexible data centers can reduce costs — if not emissions

Data centers that shift workload to different times of day save money, but the environmental impact depends on the local grid.

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Christopher R. Knittel, Juan Ramon L. Senga, and Shen Wang, "Flexible Data Centers and the Grid: Lower Costs, Higher Emissions?" MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR) research brief WP-2025-14, July 2025.
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Christopher R. Knittel, Juan Ramon L. Senga, and Shen Wang, "Flexible Data Centers and the Grid: Lower Costs, Higher Emissions?" National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper no. 34065, July 2025.
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Chris Knittel

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Juan Ramon L. Senga

Post-Doctoral Associate, MIT Climate Policy Center

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Joshua Hodge

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