Data centers could buy community support for ~$20M/year by paying residents' power bills
beffjezos · x · 2026-11-08
A proposal suggests data centers could subsidize or fully pay local residents' power bills to win community support, costing roughly $20 million annually — peanuts for the industry. beffjezos endorsed the idea: incentives determine outcomes, and people need skin in the game to be aligned.
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