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?
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?
Sure, but the companies driving the increased demand should be paying for the increased capacity directly instead of having the general public subsidize it.
How would that work? With a flat fee or depending on whether ai companies are tipping the scale to a more expensive marginal price within a price period?
Make every kWh above the average power draw have a higher cost and it increases further with every additional kWh.