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    Home electricity bills are skyrocketing. For data centers, not so much.

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    1. Jamizon1 on

      AI Data centers should be funding the expansion of the power stations and grid to support their need. If anything, the cost for the surrounding customers should go down. The current trajectory is very bad for consumers.

    2. fixermark on

      Not to interrupt a good, solid 2 minutes of hate… But is it because they were already paying more than a consumer for electricity?

      A lot of commercial clients end up footing the bill to fund more capacity or generation.

    4. hainesk on

      And again we are subsidizing the replacement of our jobs lol. Via increased electricity prices and now the prices computer components like RAM and SSDs as well as any devices that use them. Large entities are able to negotiate low prices while also squeezing supply, leaving us to pick up the bill…

      I think the government is supposed to do something in these situations..

    5. budahfurby on

      And it won’t stop or get better.

      All those shareholder families rely on those dividends from our tax breaks. Can we not think of those poor families?

      /S

    6. TehWildMan_ on

      Of course, we’re all paying for it.

      Doesn’t help that natural gas prices have also soared over the past half decade

    11. Zahgi on

      Meanwhile, electricity prices around the world in civilized nations are holding (as new infrastructure comes online) and even dropping (for those at the leading edge of the curve) thanks to the worldwide move to renewables and the resulting reduction in the burning of fossil fuels.

      Everywhere except the USA, of course.

    12. ToadP on

      If the Poors don’t pay for Data Center Electricity availability and infrastructure then who will? The Owners? The Rich? are you crazy, the Poors outnumber the Rich and the Owners why should the Rich and Owners pay more than the Poors individually? I’m sorry but 5 million Poors have to pay an extra $200 in electrical fees per month while the Rich and Owners also pay $200 per month for everything they use.. It is fair they are averaging themselves into staying obscenely rich and powerful,, so you Poors eat your cake and use less water we need it for our gpus.

    14. saintdudegaming on

      Huh. Making money without having to spend money. These tech companies sure love free money.