US manufacturers’ energy costs soar because of AI data center demand
Squeeze on Rust Belt electricity bills threatens Trump’s manufacturing plan. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/us-manufacturers-energy-costs-soar-because-of-ai-data-center-demand/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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Broligarch billionaires can afford to provide electricity for their own AI data centers without squeezing low and middle income people.
More communities arefollowing the example of Port Washington, Wisconsin which became the first community to vote down a data center in a referendum.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/wisconsin-city-passes-nations-first-anti-data-center-referendum-00863432