„Das amerikanische Volk sollte die Rechnung nicht zugunsten privater Unternehmen bezahlen“: Technologiegiganten unterzeichnen die Zusage des Weißen Hauses, den Strom aus Rechenzentren nicht an Kunden weiterzugeben
https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-american-people-should-not-be-footing-the-bill-for-the-benefit-of-private-companies-tech-giants-sign-white-house-pledge-to-not-pass-on-data-center-electricity-costs-to-consumers-heres-everything-you-need-to-know
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So the opposite is going to happen. Got it.
And tariffs are paid by the exporting country.
They’ll just pass on full economic collapse instead, when the bubble inevitably pops
Of course, there’s nothing megacorps like more than eating losses themselves for the benefit of the consumers. Oh, and following the law without finding loopholes, they love that.
[https://imgur.com/a/jsWKal3](https://imgur.com/a/jsWKal3)
If anyone believes this then I have a few crates of snake oil I’m looking to sell
Well tough shit, this is what you voted for.
Right. Because his priorities are “the people.”
It’s a pledge, so it’s just dumb PR, in a few years we find out they did the opposite, people will say „damn, how could they? someone needs to do something“ and nothing happens.
This is a effective as the pledge he made not to cheat on his wives.
And “how” will they do this ? Seeing that electric companies vary by state and what we are talking about is overall extra demand on electricity grid translated to higher prices for all – “how” will they get this done ?
Isn’t it the power companies passing the cost on to consumers and not the tech companies?
How do the tech companies control the price of electricity? I know some of them are investing in their own power generation (nuke plants in some cases), Musk is running generators of all things, but if they buy 100000GW from local utilities, prices are going to go up, right?
This might be the dumbest thing I’ve read all week. And it has been one hell of a week.
Pledge is apparently a corporate version of thoughts and prayers.
Instead they are going to “temporarily” use massive portable generators that are loud as fuck and screw local air quality.
Also this pledge of course assumes the local government does exactly what they promise the data center when they want them to regardless of the time it takes to build a new power station
DON’T WORRY GUYS – THEY’RE SIGNING A PLEDGE.
When do I get my money back. My bills have more than doubled!!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha please.
So, they’re still taking the water though?
All BS but MAGA is dumb enough to fall for it.
„Currently, the Pledge is voluntary and holds no legal binding.
The pledge does not lay out any mechanisms of accountability, timelines, or provisions on how much additional energy private companies will be required to provide alongside the demand for their data centers.“
Its okay, they will just charge you for the service fee.
Marketing AI Bot confirms „we go with this on all channels in 15“
not this month.
A pledge? A White House pinky-promise?
Ohhhh look guys, they signed a pledge! We’re all good!
Private companies are building AI with the stated aim of making as many employees obsolete as possible. And spare me the “universal basic income” talking point. Tech billionaires already balk at paying basic income tax. Why would they suddenly start handing out money for nothing in return? They won’t. AI, under the current incentive structure, points far more toward a dystopian future than any altruistic utopia.
Yeah, sure, okay..
Just like how he capped credit card rates at 10% in January.
A bit fuckin late for that don’t you think? Ahh they’ll reclassify it anyway and fine-print their way out of it
A pledge. How about pass a law requiring it? A pledge is useless.
Sure, just like how the Trump administration pledged not to engage in any new wars.
Technically, they won’t break their word, it’ll be the power company and the elecricity market passing on the bill. They will pay fair markert price for that power.
Just because the ISO raises the rates due to demand…if you’re demanding more electricity than you can afford, that seems like a you problem.
Seriously though, If you live in PJM you need to yell at your congressman and senator, because they are about the only people who have a chance in hell of forcing FERC and PJM to fix the rules that tie the cost of your electricity to *future* energy sales.
Also yell at you local state legislators, and tell them to stop giving these assholes tax breaks to build their datacenters in your state.