Voter anger over the cost of living is hurtling forward into next year’s midterm elections, when pivotal contests will be decided by communities that are home to fast-rising electric bills or fights over who’s footing the bill to power Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.
Electricity costs were a key issue in this week’s elections for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, a data center hotspot, and in Georgia, where Democrats ousted two Republican incumbents for seats on the state’s utility regulatory commission.
We have a southern state that seems to be involved in much data center construction in the recent years (for reasons). We have seasonal droughts that drain our catchment areas to dangerous levels, even before factoring in the DC consumption. Hope it all works out. Oh, and the same state sells raw water to Singapore and buys treated water back at a premium. Go figure. Nothing to see here, folks. Nosireebob.