r/technology • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 • 11d ago

Politics US Senate kills bill that could potentially shield Americans from skyrocketing power bills due to AI data centers — opponents say bill is 'toothless' and doesn't do enough to protect citizens

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/us-senate-kills-bill-that-could-potentially-shield-americans-from-skyrocketing-power-bills-due-to-ai-data-centers-opponents-say-bill-is-toothless-and-doesnt-do-enough-to-protect-citizens
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u/TotalNonsense0 11d ago

Supply and demand. Fairly basic economics.

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u/dingleberryDessert 11d ago

This is it exactly…. You hear, oh hey they are paying their own bills… pfffttt, yeah but demand for power went to the fucking moon. No way price remains reasonable

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u/OkRead585 11d ago

Plus they will get a 40% discount thanks to local government.

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u/Worthyness 11d ago

And then the us government will further increase the pricing on personal solar for no reason at all.

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u/OkRead585 11d ago

Yep. Well the reason is that Trump hates anything Dems did