Cost of living impact of AI – raising household bills for ordinary citizens

The data center industry has been freeloading off the ratepayers. We have been saying it for a decade – Elena Schlossberg

The rapid development of data centers connected to the largest US electric grid raised costs by $9.4 billion, an expense that consumers from Illinois to Washington, D.C, will see reflected in their utility bills starting this month – Bloomberg

  • Increased energy demand of AI puts up energy bills for ordinary people
  • Increased water consumption of AI puts up water bills for ordinary people
  • Land grab for data centres puts up the cost of land / housing for ordinary people

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