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Manufacturers Pay the AI Energy Price | US News
Electricity costs are crushing manufacturers like Belden Brick, whose power bills have nearly doubled—capacity charges alone jumped from $1,600 to $12,000 a month—driven by the insatiable appetite of booming AI data centers. While these charges are meant to stabilize the grid and spur energy development, they’re spiraling faster than homes or other businesses can afford. Factories face a brutal choice: raise prices, slow growth, or relocate. Officials scramble to balance Big Tech’s energy needs with factory survival, proposing higher costs for data centers—but risking collateral damage on…
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