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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act

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As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.

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What? That doesn’t make any sense.
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  It’s essentially supply and demand. If the data center is willing to pay more, then everyone has to pay more. I hate it.

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