Data centers lowered electric bills in some places — for now

Data centres have temporarily lowered electricity costs in regions with excess grid capacity by spreading fixed infrastructure costs across more customers, but this trend is reversing in capacity-constrained areas like the mid-Atlantic and Midwest where demand is outpacing generation. Regulators are now implementing differential pricing to charge data centres higher rates for new transmission and infrastructure investments.

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