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Searching for "267%", I think the source of this claim is a misinterpretation of Bloomberg's September article on datacenters: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-data-centers-elec...

I that article, 267% represents the highest increase seen. It's not any sort of average. It's odd that it's reappeared in this article now.

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"yeah the government is bankrupting us to death but it's only in some zip codes so it's all cool"

Not to mention electricity prices have already gone up such a similar percentage since 2020 already, so those people are already looking at a 500% increase versus say 2020, and their salaries have not gone up that percentage I can bet a finger.

The 267% number is the rise from 2020-2025, so it already includes that.

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