The refinery incurred losses in two of the past three years and its financial outlook is expected to remain challenged as a result of new environmental regulations and a weak forecast for gasoline refining profitability, Hess said.
Four years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency released a doomsday-scenario forecast saying that the amount of electricity consumed by data centers in the U.S. would surge by 100% between the years 2005 and 2010.