I keep hearing how everyone’s electric bills are going up with AI data centers near them. Why aren’t the companies paying the bill? Or is it building the infrastructure to accommodate them the issue?

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[–] 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah but the examples I read about also used that strategy to get around state and local regulations for things like renewable energy portfolios.

Good for them if they’re building acres of solar and storage. Bad for us if they’re using diesel generators

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