OK, this is what the dems used to be about....Elizabeth Warren targets AI data centers, a single center uses as much power as 100K homes

[1srelluc]

MSN

It's just the cast of players that concerns me.


In a post on X, Warren said that "a single AI data center uses as much electricity as 100,000 households."

She argued that utility companies are shifting infrastructure upgrade costs onto consumers instead of Big Tech firms.

"Utility companies are passing the upgrade costs to you, not to the trillion-dollar tech giants," she wrote, adding, "These companies need to pay their costs."

Lawmakers said AI development is accelerating electricity demand, with the Department of Energy projecting data centers could account for up to 12% of U.S. power consumption by 2028.

They also cited estimates that utilities may spend billions upgrading grids, including new power plants and transmission lines, costs that could be passed on to residential customers.

The debate centers on whether infrastructure costs tied to AI growth are being fairly distributed.

Critics argue households are indirectly subsidizing Big Tech expansion, while companies say they pay their own energy costs and operate under regulated utility agreements.

I'm sure the dems overblow everything and if they got "their cut" you would not hear anything about it.

That said I'm pretty sure AI is the devil.

 

[pknopp]

Just for history. Let's see if they remain against them once back in power.

 

[1srelluc]

Just for history. Let's see if they remain against them once back in power.

Yep, once their "cut" is fleshed-out you will never hear another word about it.

Then it will be, "It's what the people want".