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August 12, 2025

Data centers share the blame for rising electric bills

By MARC LEVY
Associated Press

Data center photo from Amazon Web Services [enlarge]
At least a dozen states are eyeing ways to make data centers pay higher local transmission costs.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech's energy-hungry data centers.


 
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