Proof That Data Centers Don’t Raise Residential Electric Rates

We're facing a full-blown crisis in building new AI data centers — at least in Pennsylvania (and in many other states). How do we know? Read this story published by the Wall Street Journal yesterday: The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam. We also know because of our own private conversations with friends who live in Pennsylvania---very conservative, Republicans---who are deadset against data center projects. Their perception, right or wrong, is that big companies are forcing these projects on rural or disadvantaged communities that can't fight back and that contain all the negatives, like noise and water use, with no positives. Our friends maintain that these data centers will use power from the local grid, driving up costs for everyone (particularly residences). That last argument is simply not true. Demonstrably not true. But the perception that data centers cause high electricity prices (as wrong as it is) persists.

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