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Data centers need electricity, utilities need years to build – who should pay?
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this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2025
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It's actually not as simple as that, assuming they're connected to the grid. Power transmission is costly too, which needs to be accounted for, not just the power consumption/generation. Them being off-grid also isn't really reasonable because they'd need a lot of redundant power sources and backups, which would be better as part of the grid.
They should still be paying for all this, but estimating the real cost is non-trivial.