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Tech companies building massive AI infrastructure have driven up power costs by $23 billion for American households and are likely to keep rising. Microsoft's chief sustainability officer admitted the company may not hit its 2030 carbon neutrality target because of AI's energy de
Tech companies building massive AI infrastructure have driven up US household electricity costs by $23 billion, with costs projected to keep rising. Microsoft's chief sustainability officer acknowledged the company may miss its 2030 carbon neutrality target because AI's power demand is incompatible with the goal.
This is admission from inside the industry. Microsoft isn't saying we'll find a way around it — it's saying the math doesn't work. A $23 billion cost is already paid by consumers through their power bills, not by the tech companies building the data centers. The companies get the revenue from AI services; consumers absorb the cost through electricity. As data centers expand, that bill gets bigger, and the carbon target gets harder.
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