@Artisian@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 27 days agoData centers need electricity, utilities need years to build – who should pay?theconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down13
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minus-square@jj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•26 days agoSo our utility came out and said they have to raise residential rates by a rather large amount, largely because so many data centers are demanding so much power they need to upgrade, so residential rates have to fund that…
minus-squarePyrlinkfedilinkEnglish3•24 days agoWhy raise residential tares and not commercial / industrial rates? Oh, because businesses are subsidizes through taxes. Of course.
So our utility came out and said they have to raise residential rates by a rather large amount, largely because so many data centers are demanding so much power they need to upgrade, so residential rates have to fund that…
Why raise residential tares and not commercial / industrial rates?
Oh, because businesses are subsidizes through taxes. Of course.