My small city of 50K is soon to be home to an $800M 700K sq ft Meta data center that will employ 100 people. I don't think the planners involved in these deals care much about risks, like the power company might have to petition the state regulator to increase rates for everyone so they can build a new power plant to satisfy demand. IMO they are only focused on the reward part.
> Or are you saying they should pay more per KWh than some other user for some reason?
I just checked, and residential electricity users pay more than commercial or industrial users:
"Residential Sector: The average price is approximately 17.08 cents per kWh. Commercial Sector: The average price is around 13.10 cents per kWh. Industrial Sector: The average price is about 9.47 cents per kWh."
https://shrinkthatfootprint.com/commercial-vs-residential-el...
The good thing about a data center is at least with fewer employees, there isn't a huge pressure to build new housing and schools.