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The article dismisses everything without sourcing anything. US electricity is 40% more expensive since 2022 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU000072610 htt
by goldenarm 27d ago
The article dismisses everything without sourcing anything.
US electricity is 40% more expensive since 2022
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU000072610 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU000072610
Some AI datacenters can indeed be heard a mile away
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/28/datacenters-sound-pollution-lawsuits https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/28/datacenters-...
Amazon's new Texas AI data center could become the biggest CO2 polluter in the US
https://www.techradar.com/pro/amazons-new-texas-ai-data-center-could-become-the-biggest-co2-polluter-in-the-us-7-65gw-facility-gets-permit-to-spread-33-million-tons-of-annual-greenhouse-gases-despite-amazons-clean-energy-pledge https://www.techradar.com/pro/amazons-new-texas-ai-data-cent...
- frustratedlazy 27d agoFYI - EIA has analysis on the energy increase - https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=65284 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=65284 Relative to data center growth, the correlation doesn't match - https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/monthly-spending-data-center-us https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/monthly-spending-data-cen... More analysis here - https://www.wri.org/insights/whats-driving-us-electricity-prices https://www.wri.org/insights/whats-driving-us-electricity-pr... But TL;DR - sounds like in the northeast / PJM it's load increases, in North Dakota increased load is causing drops in prices, California it's mostly from wildfire mitigation + insurance, natural gas oscillating across the US is causing price changes as well.
- goldenarm 27d agoThank you, your comment was more informative than the economist article
- bethekidyouwant 27d agoThe gas generators can be heard a mile away… protest gas generators?
- downrightmike 27d agoThey are using them to skirt the law