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Board Economics
Re: You're paying Elon Musk's and Mark Zuckenberg's electric bill
by
JeffBrad12
on 08/09/2025, 03:02:54 UTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN6BEUA4jNU

Watch this video and you'll soon realize that the "free market" we live in has lead utility companies making below-cost deals with mega corporations to run their datacenters, while prices for everyone else go up to fill the difference.

Awe we supposed to tolerate this?
It's like how buying in bulk is cheaper. These large data centers with their massive electric bills and these kind of things to happen isn't surprising to me.
On the other side these data centers brings in revenue that later can be taxed. It's hard thing to talk about though as much as you hate it, they've got the upper hand in capital power.
Their electric usage will be increasing by the year since AI isn't cheap and it's becoming global phenomenon. There are shortage for AI demand and the demand grows every day.