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?

  • TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk
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    14 hours ago

    I don’t know how wide spread smart meters are in the US, but it should be fairly simple so have an extra tariff on these kind of consumers, or perhaps just tariffs during peak periods.

    At least it could be enforced that the surplus heat from data centers had to be reused in some way, could be residental heating or ptx.