Who's Paying for AI's Electric Bill?
Artificial intelligence may live in the cloud, but the infrastructure behind it is very real—and somebody has to pay for it.
In this episode of The Briefing Room with Marcus Atkinson, Marcus follows the money behind America’s AI boom: data centers, electricity demand, grid upgrades, ratepayer protections, community investment, and the question of who ultimately carries the cost when technology companies build massive new facilities.
The conversation also looks at what communities—especially Black communities—should be asking before celebrating the next big economic-development announcement…
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