HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — 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.
It’s not clear that any state has a solution and the actual effect of data centers on electricity bills is difficult to pin down. Some critics question whether states have the spine to take a hard line against tech behemoths like Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta.
But more than a dozen states have begun taking steps as data centers drive a rapid build-out of power plants and transmission lines.
lol lmao even.
This is a country that tells its citizens to not use AC during peak hours to prevent brownouts and too much pressure on an aging power grid while letting big business do a never-ending draw on the same resources.
Amazon warehouses filled with people don’t have AC. Amazon warehouses filled with robots do have AC.
New York lets the ads run non-stop in Times Square, but the citizens better not use their AC when it’s hot!
No ones gonna do shit about this. We’re balls deep into “profit over people” territory.