Ryan @ Ansible Games & CDFI'm pleased that the Colorado Public Utilities Commission has taken steps to ensure data centers on our grid will pay more for electricity than residential customers. It is unreasonable that a large-load consumer of a finite resource would pay the same as a resident. We need the same for water. https://coloradosun.com/2026/04/02/data-centers-xcel-energy-colorado-rate-tariff-consumers/ #climatejustice
Maxilo Overit@ansiblegames We should require they build wind and solar on site and not allow them to connect to the grid. Similarly, they should be asked to harvest water from the data center rooftops, or condense it from the air, and reuse their waste, and not release anything into local drains that a rich person wouldn't drink.
@aka_quant_noir I agree that any power hungry business should be responsible for its own power gen. Public utilities should primarily be for the public.