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‘The new price of eggs.’ The political shocks of data centers and electric bills (www.pressreader.com)
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The massive electricity usage by AI data centers in the US is causing the price of electricity to rise, and with it many other things whose prices are affected by the cost of electricity. Some people are getting mad enough to become politically active.

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[-] tomalley8342@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/30/business/politics-data-centers-electric-bills/

https://archive.ph/4roV4

[-] moretruth@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks.

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