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After increasing the prices of RAM, GPUs and flash memory for the entire world, energy cost is next. Thanks AI!

Energy costs have already risen substantially[0], but the increase has been slower, and it's garnered a bit less media attention than the recent leap in PC hardware prices.

[0]: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-data-centers-elec...

Also, consumer energy costs tend to be hedged, so an increase in wholesale will generally only have delayed effect on more visible consumer rates. This was very noticeable in Europe after the Russian invasion of Ukraine; while spot market rates went very high very quickly, it took about a year for consumer rates to peak in most places.

They built an oceanic fiber termination down in South Carolina. Data centers are starting to move in. Now they'll charge you $12/KWh during your peak usage.

You really said 12 USD/KWh? Time to put solar panels/batteries over there. Even if you resell to the grid at 1/10th of that you recoup the investment in O(months) and not O(years)

Yeah, it's a bit of a convoluted system. They'll take your peak day during a period, and charge you 12/kwh for your usage during the peak period of the day.

So you can easily add 1-200 dollars to your bill for one day of higher usage.

https://www.myhorrynews.com/news/horry-electric-co-op-to-cha...

But wait! There is more!

Copilot Notepad.

Copilot MS Paint.

Copilot Shoes.

Copilot Ice Cream.

And eventually Copilot Bluescreen.

MSPaint already added AI. I had to switch to Paint.net for doing small edits.

I'm still waiting for copilot copilot though

Copilot Surf Boards.

Copilot Liposuction Surgery Machines.

> Copilot Shoes

LOL. "Looks like you're trying to tie those laces - would you like me to order you velcro?"

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