One day the music will stop.
Virginia is already working to make AI more expensive by requiring those consuming at least 25MWh/month to pay extra: https://www.americanactionforum.org/insight/virginias-new-data-center-electricity-rate-class/
The General Assembly is having a special session starting April 23 because the one thing keeping the state from passing a budget is data center tax subsidies. The State Senate wants to eliminate them and the governor and House of Delegates want to keep them
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