A former ethanol plant in Hopewell could soon be the home of the city’s first-ever data center.
Volterra Advisors, a Maryland-based technology consulting firm, told The Progress-Index on July 10 that a case study it conducted with the city and the property owners found that the site at the old Green Plains plant at 701 6th Ave. could be conducive for a small data center. Volterra founder Jeramy Utara said data centers normally incorporate natural gas power into their operations, and the fact that an ethanol plant once operated there could be ideal.
“There’s potential to re-use the natural gas lines,” Utara said…