Power company hikes data center bills by 30%, cuts residential electricity costs by 1.3% — Oregon approves change through POWER Act, pushes developments using more than 20 Megawatts of power to pay their fair share
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Residents no longer have to shoulder the costs of developing the grid to accommodate these large power users.
  • caboose2006@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 hours ago

    I’m not even against data centers per se. I’m against the reckless unlimited building of dozens of these megastructures all at once with virtually no regulation or accountability. This is an excellent way to push the brakes and not screw the little guy in the process.

  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    1 day ago

    Data Center: “Time to fire up the jet turbines”

    This is a great first step. Next thing they need is environmental regulation with teeth.

    • douglasg14b@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 minutes ago

      The environmental regulation already exists. It’s just not enforced.

      Because federal agencies are captured by special interests and gutted.