Post #2756965
2024-11-27 03:04 UTC
@gtucker5@mastodon.acm.org Data centers are locating here *because* the cost of building new power plants is being passed along to all ratepayers. Nobody is moving to Virginia because of our power rates.
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@econoprof@mastodon.social 2024-11-27 04:52
@waldoj@mastodon.social similar to restarting a mothballed nuclear plant—-a government guarantee seems it passes the risk of a private venture’s use of the plant to the taxpayers and local downwind residents while the commercial firm gets the future cheap access. What do the taxpayers get from guaranteeing this private venture? This data center will not provide thousands of jobs.