haxxiy on 14 June 2026
| CaptainExplosion said: You know data centres are driving up people's electric bills, right? |
There's no correlation between the US states where electricity prices increased the most (which, nationwide, has averaged to no more than the overall inflation rate, by the way) and data center buildup, though.
(I'm not saying that it will never happen or that there were no one-off crunches, but so far it's a typical example of correlation not implying causation.)
If anything, historically speaking, heavy industrial activity helps drive electricity prices down due to being a reliable consumer for power companies, allowing them to invest more in the grid.
