Everyone blames data centers for high electricity prices. But these are the real reasons.
Shannon Osaka's Washington Post article argues that data centers are unfairly blamed for high electricity prices and that other factors are the real reasons. It reports that voters in 40 of 41 local ballot races, many in Ohio, opted to restrict or prohibit new data center construction, and frames this as Americans pushing back against data center and AI growth. A comment summary says many readers instead argue data centers drive up electricity costs, noise, pollution, and water usage.
