Datacenters boosted prices 75% in largest US energy market(theregister.com)
theregister.com
Datacenters boosted prices 75% in largest US energy market
https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/05/15/datacenters-slurping-juice-help-drive-75-jump-in-pjm-power-prices/5241491
1) Permanently increased device costs, across all devices (phones, laptops) memory, ssd, cpu supply chains built for people are hijacked by mega corps 2) Permanently increased power prices 3) Government subsidies, contracts and the eventual bailouts 4) Job losses
AI will cost the rest of us trillions. Third world countries with sub-saharan living conditions are also offering mind boggling incentives to these companies for what will be 50 - 100 jobs total: https://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2025/Oct/15/google...