And I'm sure this not going to encourage migration from other provinces to get "free" housing and services.
In this case, better service delivery is going to create long term problems.
More taxes on the people that can pay, will be going to people who won't/can't pay. Eventually this ponzi...
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/google-tells-employees-it-must-double-capacity-every-6-months-to-meet-ai-demand/
Prices will be a problem until the AI-rush is over, if ever.
They can always add a "charging" levy to the quick chargers for EVs.
Sure, you will not be able to add this levy to people who charge at home/work, but it should be easy enough for any public infrastructure.
Solar Assist doesn't need any ports to be opened. If you enable remote access in the settings, you get a https://<name>.za.solar-assistant.io/ address. No need to forward any ports to allow access from outside directly to the solar assist box.
There are solution to also replace AD with an opensource solution.
https://linuxvox.com/blog/linux-active-directory-replacement/
https://thegeekpage.com/22-best-alternatives-to-microsoft-active-directory/
Not familiar with it at all.
There seems to be a few distro's aimed at creating a gaming environment.
https://itsfoss.com/retro-gaming-console-linux-distros/
Maybe one of the other options would be more compatible with the NUC.