SCR 10: Expressing the legislature's support for sale of a portion of Alaska's North Slope natural gas for electrical generation to power data centers within the North Slope Borough.
00 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 10 01 Expressing the legislature's support for sale of a portion of Alaska's North Slope natural 02 gas for electrical generation to power data centers within the North Slope Borough. 03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 WHEREAS the State of Alaska has vast proven reserves of natural gas located on the 05 North Slope within the North Slope Borough; and 06 WHEREAS the need for electricity in the United States is increasing due in part to the 07 demands of the Internet; and 08 WHEREAS Netricity, L.L.C., an Alaska limited liability company, is seeking to 09 purchase natural gas from the State in order to use that natural gas to generate electricity in 10 the North Slope Borough to power nearby data centers that would service the demands of the 11 Internet; and 12 WHEREAS the establishment of data centers in the North Slope Borough would 13 create jobs for construction of modules in Anchorage and Nikiski; and 14 WHEREAS the operation of a power plant and data centers in the North Slope 15 Borough would bring economic and social benefit to the State; and 16 WHEREAS the establishment of data centers within the North Slope Borough would
01 provide substantial added value to Alaska's natural gas resources; 02 BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature supports the sale of a portion of 03 Alaska's North Slope natural gas to allow for electrical generation within the North Slope 04 Borough to power data centers located proximately to an electrical generation facility in that 05 borough.