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We Found the Hidden Cost of Data Centers. It's in Your Electric Bill [video]

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156 points xbmcuser | 2 comments | 04 Sep 25 12:33 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dist-epoch ◴[04 Sep 25 13:36 UTC] No.45127134[source]▶
Some of us call this "capitalism". Prices are driven by offer and demand, efficient market allocation to who can extract most value from a resource, we like that on HN.
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SoftTalker ◴[04 Sep 25 13:42 UTC] No.45127199[source]▶
Prices are actually driven by value. How much do you want the thing? Do data centers value power? I would think so, since they cannot operate without it. Utilities should be charging them a premium.
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1. dist-epoch ◴[04 Sep 25 13:45 UTC] No.45127230[source]▶
If utilities charge them a premium, why would they sell power to those which do not pay the premium instead of auctioning all power?
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2. LargeWu ◴[04 Sep 25 13:51 UTC] No.45127285[source]▶
Because they're theoretically regulated and ordered to do so. The market for power is not a free market due to the locally monopolistic nature of it.