Consumer electric grids.

Exactly this. This is essentially a new consumer tax in your electrical bill. The buildout of the electrical grid is being put on consumers essentially as a monthly tax with the increase in electrical costs. Everyone in the country is paying for the grid infrastructure to power these data centers owned by trillion dollar companies who aren't paying for their needs.

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delfinom 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yep. Consumers are screwed and $500/month electric bills are coming for the average consumer within a year or two. We do not have the electricity available for this.

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leptons 4 days ago | parent [-]

I'm pretty average, living in a small home, and my electric bill is already >$500/mo in the summer, and that's with the A/C set at 76F during the day.

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thorncorona 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Where do you live? How old is your house?

500 is insane.

	▲	catigula 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		I don't expect him to tell you where he lives but my bill EXPLODED recently due to what I now know is data center demand.

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t0mas88 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

How many kWh is that? At those amounts solar panels seem like a no-brainer business case?