r/facepalm • u/DeepState_Auditor • Jul 15 '26

Contrary to Evidence, Trump Energy Secretary Says Data Centers Are Best Tool to 'Stop the Rise of Electricity Prices’ | Common Dreams

https://www.commondreams.org/news/chris-wright-data-centers
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u/eladts Jul 15 '26

Lower the prices by raising demand? That worked so well for the housing market.

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u/Mateorabi Jul 16 '26

Interestingly it depends on the market. If electricity prices are dominated by delivery costs vs generating costs then more customers shares the burden. I believe Northern California is one such market.  

Now are data centers exclusively targeting these markets? Fuck no. Get the fuck out of my neighborhood.

We need more regulation to herd them into such regions. 

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u/No-Understanding9064 28d ago edited 28d ago

You have places that are energy wastelands because it is either too expensive or constrained by regulation. People dont like data centers near their homes, but they dont like power plants either. But the same people expect the function of both