

Sydney C.
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Over at Substack, @JoshEakle asks: "It's 2026, and I have yet to see an anti-almond farm protest."






This is what’s so frustrating when people accuse journalists who are seeking to inject nuance into the data center debate of getting rich off opposing data center mass hysteria. Nuance on these issues is not popular!! You can make SO MUCH more $$ by pushing what ppl wanna hear








Data centers are the leading cause of a 76% increase in the cost of electricity for America's largest power grid over just the first 3 months of this year, according to Bloomberg. The 13-state grid managed by PJM serves 67 million people, and costs have spiked this year. This time last year the cost of electricity on this grid was $77.78 per megawatt-hour. Now that cost has almost doubled to $136.53 per megawatt-hour. Bloomberg attributes that skyrocketing cost to the "booming demand from artificial intelligence data centers, which require vast amounts of energy and are putting a significant burden on America’s aging power grids." Full story: bloomberg.com/news/articles/….




