Re:Data centers need power – lower income, rural residents p...
by tptacek on Thursday November 12, 2026 @08:58PM
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Data centers account for something like 5% of the increase in electricity costs (Rana, Kaps Wharton/Harvard study).
Of course, the real reason energy prices are rising is that regulatory complexity makes it extraordinarily expensive and risky to build new generation, or even to upgrade transmission. Did you know that an upgrade across an already existing and built out right of way --- just making smaller wires bigger --- requires a full NEPA review?
Of course, the real reason energy prices are rising is that regulatory complexity makes it extraordinarily expensive and risky to build new generation, or even to upgrade transmission. Did you know that an upgrade across an already existing and built out right of way --- just making smaller wires bigger --- requires a full NEPA review?