Bürger von Maryland wurden mit einer 2-Milliarden-Dollar-Rechnung für die Modernisierung des Stromnetzes für KI-Rechenzentren außerhalb des Bundesstaates belegt – der Staat beschwert sich bei den Energieregulierungsbehörden des Bundes und verspricht zusätzliche Kostenerleichterungen durch „Versprechen zum Schutz der Tarifzahler“.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/maryland-citizens-slapped-with-usd2-billion-grid-upgrade-bill-for-out-of-state-ai-data-centers-state-complains-to-federal-energy-regulators-says-additional-cost-breaks-ratepayer-protection-pledge-promises
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Ah, yet another way for corporations to make the public pay for their expenses, while never returning the benefit to the public. Profits: private; debts: public.
And what do they expect the federal regulators do about it?
The federal government is going to basically say “you should be happy to pay for this bill. Think of the jobs it brings.”
This folks, is how people become billionaires. We PAY FOR IT.
The oligarchs are a cancer on society, and need to be removed.
Oh, and preemptive FU to the buttkissers who defend them.
So many states are willing to sell out their citizens to entice data centers.
Just like stadiums for billionaires to showcase their paid court gestures..taxpayers build the infrastructure and then make us pay to use.
This is why they want it privatized. So NO ONE will be held accountable. 🤬
If every single American decided collectively that effective starting June 1st utility bills will no longer be paid by American citizens. what would the government do other than collapse overnight…
When the utility companies no longer need your business they will charge you a premium to utilize their services.
There needs to be a commercial fee per energy unit used for grid improvements. These data centers are sucking up so much power to put people out of work they need to pay for it.
Why don’t they build the data center next to a power plant? Then you wouldn’t have to upgrade any power stuff
This is just a preview of what’s about to happen on a national scale across all economic demographics.
THIS is why the data centers should be (1) appropriately sited in industrial areas and (2) self-power with on-site generation.
The billionaires owning these AI data centers should pay for all that power grid upgrade!! They can afford it & so can their companies!! Why the HELL should the worlds households be the one that pays for that extreme upgrade need? It’s beyond ridiculous & simply put REAL SHITTY!! It’s these billionaires greedy ways & it’s PURE SHIT!!
Revolution ✊️
We are paying for billionaires to put us out of work
More states need to adopt legislature like they did in Oregon that requires data centers using more than 20MW to take measures which would reduce any increased costs to existing customers.
https://katu.com/news/local/oregon-regulators-move-to-make-data-centers-pay-more-for-grid-expansion-hillsboro-portland-salem-coporations-environment-center-local-outcry-pollution-bills-expenses-utilities
Reminder while this is happening there is another group MPRP i will describe as a criminal syndicate trying to seize private property in northern maryland for a power interchange/grid feed that will not have a single stop in md. Straight through to va. It’s gotten heated. They want the feds to come in and cancel deer season. It’s mostly farmers who’s land they want. People with guns, heavy equipment and hogs. So yeah. The Epstein class might have picked the wrong fight this time.
We’re not even buying stuff to make ppl rich anymore. Just paying them to get rich.
Expect no less from corp America!
This is what high demand user surcharges are for
Thank a Republican.
The enemy has arrived: it’s name is:: BezosZuckerbergNadellaPichaiTernus, these are the people we should remember, they should pay.
Don’t upgrade. Throw that back in the business.
I’m in MD and electricity bill used to be $50 a month. Now it’s $250
Love how taxpayers always get stuck subsidizing infrastructure that primarily benefits corporations.
If a utility can’t pay for its own upgrades through good business management, they shouldn’t be ok’ing data centers on their grid … it’s so inane!
This is not growth by the ratepayers that built the system. This is growth by a specific few customers. Those customers need to pay. When my facility was built the ratepayers of the local water system did not pay for the city’s water capacity to be doubled. The facility paid nearly $20 million to do that. In fact, the ratepayers benefited from it by getting a more modern water plant and more consistent water pressure. The relationships can and should be mutually beneficial.
Don’t forget all this impacts your natural gas rates too.
Whoa. This is crazy. This is Trump’s dream for Mexico paying for „The Wall“ come true.
We’re going to build a data center in Pennsylvania – and Maryland is going to pay for it!
Reminder MD House Representative Sarah Elfreth wants us to have more data centers
Wait until every person in Utah sees their electric bill when the world’s largest data center triples thier states energy usage.
And of course the power generators and AI centres don’t share their profits or shoulder their share of the costs
wait so they get to use the power and everyone else gets the bill? yeah that tracks way too well lol
Such bullshit that the public keeps having to shoulder the burdens for these data centers, when we are also going to have to shoulder the effects of what these data centers are going to do to us. The snooping, tracking, inevitable breaches, all the while polluting our water, sound pollution, driving up real estate costs in the area, costing people their jobs when the lies of „it will create jobs“ fall through (data centers can actually be run with minimal staff once up and running), and forcing small businesses to close because they couldn’t afford their leases because the cost of electricity was more than their lease.
Billionaires getting everyone else to pay for the infrastructure that will eliminate jobs and create more billions for the elite.
For hundreds of years the US has been a beacon to those hoping for a better life, how fast we have turned the corner to something else is truly depressing.