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County with 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to 'Conserve Electricity' (www.404media.co)

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I think the term is Natural Monopoly.

When there’s no reason to run a second set of extremely expensive infrastructure to people’s homes, it needs government oversight. That government oversight should have established a median electricity usage level for businesses and residences, and applied pricing accordingly - with tiers based on usage levels. Every 1000kwh, the price goes up. Small houses get electricity effectively for cost of delivery, while data centres pay for what they use and more.

But then the data centres might be in another county and we couldn’t lose the 2 full time jobs!