There's no such thing as 'free lunch' for Big Tech's electric bill

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An aerial view of a data center
An aerial view of a 33 megawatt data center with a closed-loop cooling system on October 20, 2025, in Vernon, California.

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Watchdog sounds the alarm that PJM's approval of data centers could leave other customers in the dark

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Aerial views of an Amazon Web Services Data Center known as US East 1 in Ashburn, Virginia
A market watchdog files a complaint with the federal energy regulator for PJM to prioritize grid reliability over serving more big data centers.

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