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?

  • ProfessorScience@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Its supply and demand. The AI data centers are paying their electric bills, but at the same time they represent a significant increase in demand for electricity, so electric companies can raise their prices.

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      2 months ago

      Yep. It’s the same reason everyone has to pay more for RAM now, even though consumers didn’t cause the shortage.

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      2 months ago

      The AI data centers are paying their electric bills

      This bears repeating. Datacenters do have to pay the light bill. Even when the VC money dries up. It’s a beautiful thing.

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        2 months ago

        Naw, they’ll just declare bankruptcy and the municipalities will foot the bills for the infrastructure debt.

        Basically, have you even seen the Simpsons monorail episode? It’s that.