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According to a report by EQ Research LLC, cannabis grow operations have energy needs comparable to those of data centers. And in case you’re wondering, that’s a lot of energy. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group, U.S. data centers consumed 91 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2013, that’s enough electricity to power all the households in New York City for two years.
The main reason cannabis producer use so much electricity is…