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I’m not even sure why we would need to ‘make’ them pay for this. As it says in the article: > A major factor behind the skyrocketing demand is the rapid innova

I’m not even sure why we would need to ‘make’ them pay for this. As it says in the article: > A major factor behind the skyrocketing demand is the rapid innovation in artificial intelligence, which is driving the construction of large warehouses of computing infrastructure that require exponentially more power than traditional data centers. ... Tech firms like Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft are scouring the nation for sites for new data centers.. Sounds like these companies have capital investment available, and their demand is inducing increased supply of data centers.. which should also induce demand for electricity supply too. If they really want to grow fast they are welcome to invest in generating capacity and grid infrastructure too.

agentultra 3y ago
> If they really want to grow fast they are welcome to invest in generating capacity and grid infrastructure too. That's what I was getting at: if the grid is burdened by their demand, and the demand is outpacing other uses (preventing other productive use of that electricity like say... powering air conditioners in a heat wave) then maybe they should be contributing a portion of their capital to building more capacity. Why does every one else, from residential users to small businesses, need to suffer rolling blackouts because a bunch of VPs need to, "win at AI?" At this point it seems like the big tech companies are simply using up as much supply as they can get in order to grow and that there's only so much capacity to go around since funding for expansion comes from investments in projects that aren't being funded by the largest growing set of users creating that demand.