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    Alcoa courts data center industry as it puts closed, curtailed sites up for sale

    Written by Stephanie Ritenbaugh


    Alcoa Corp. plans sell 10 of its closed or curtailed sites to one of the aluminum industry’s biggest competitors for electricity: the data center industry.

    The CEO of the Pittsburgh-based aluminum producer said the first sale will be completed by the end of June. Bill Oplinger made the remarks during the BMO Global Metals, Mining & Critical Minerals Conference in Florida.

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