NPR: Was KI-Rechenzentren mit Ihrer Stromrechnung machen
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/19/nx-s1-5649814/ai-data-center-electricity-bill
NPR: Was KI-Rechenzentren mit Ihrer Stromrechnung machen
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/19/nx-s1-5649814/ai-data-center-electricity-bill
7 Kommentare
In America profits are privatized,
Costs are socialized
We’re all using AI now, but these massive data centers suck up so much power that our own electric bills are starting to go up.
The same issue exists for water systems since these data warehouses/AI centers don’t recycle the water they use to cool the systems.
*On today’s episode, we go to Ohio to trace one electric bill back to its source, to see what exactly is causing the big price increases people are seeing. We take a tour of a data center hot spot, and get to the bottom of how prices are set from inside the power company.*
You posted a podcast description.
Kind of ironic that the very first thing we hear when playing the audio is an ad for an AI company.
What about what they’re doing to our environment 😏
I know this is controversial… but maybe these companies need to start contributing to this country’s infrastructure.