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Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis

A coalition of more than 230 environmental groups has demanded a national moratorium on new data centers in the US, the latest salvo in a growing backlash to a booming artificial intelligence industry that has been blamed for escalating electricity bills and worsening the climate crisis.

The green groups, including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Food & Water Watch and dozens of local organizations, have urged members of Congress halt the proliferation of energy-hungry data centers, accusing them of causing planet-heating emissions, sucking up vast amounts of water and for exacerbating electricity bill increases that have hit Americans this year.

“The rapid, largely unregulated rise of data centers to fuel the AI and crypto frenzy is disrupting communities across the country and threatening Americans’ economic, environmental, climate and water security,” the letter states, adding that approval of new data centers should be paused until new regulations are put in place.

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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 49 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

I’ll bet you $100 what side Congress will take in the matter, and it will be on the side of money.

I look forward to my first $400 power bill.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

I'm so fucking tired of the cynical voice in my head being right all the time. I read this headline and immediately thought of Arthur Dent face down in the mud in front of a bulldozer.

[–] DrPop@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm already there buddy. My power usage has not changed but my bill has tripled it feels.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago

A significant contribution to that is residential power effectively subsidizes data centers for AI.

[–] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

already there close at least

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I long for those days, but live in a place where electric prices have been high for a while.

A couple months ago I got a heat pump installed but was unable to get solar before the incentives are gone. The heat pump functions down to any temperature but the cost threshold is like 45°F ….. and it’s currently 8°F outside. Unless they let us build a lot more solar and wind we’ll never be able to transition to cleaner appliances