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Re:Data centers need power – lower income, rural residents p... by consensus1 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @05:30PM (#50475300)
This makes no sense because the impact here is increased costs on the utilities which is then passed through as rate increases. Unless lower income people consume more electricity than rich people (doubt) then it doesn't impact them more.
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Re:Data centers need power – lower income, rural residents p... by BobaFloutist on Thursday November 12, 2026 @05:56PM (#50475604)
They're saying it's not $15 from each of the $350m people in the US, it's a much larger number from each of the much smaller number of people unlucky enough to share a utility with one of these new data centers.
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