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ulterno@programming.dev 3 days agoIt’s a bit different in this case.
The responsibility of providing electricity falls onto the nearby power plant, which then also has to increase their production.
But the maker of the new electricity consumer does not need to pay for the capital or anything else really, apart from the electrical rates (and some minimal fixed rates) that they are using.
Some governments are coming up with interesting, seemingly effective regulations, though.
Koarnine@pawb.social 3 days ago
What type of regulations are we talking, or at least which country’s?
ulterno@programming.dev 2 days ago
I tried to look for the post but somehow wasn’t able to find it (I thought I commented on it).
I don’t remember the place, but a part of the policy was that data centers must pay 85% of their projected energy usage.
Here, found an article: ehn.org/ohio-regulators-make-tech-companies-pay-m…