And these companies are not paying for their own energy infrastructure. People's energy bills around the country are skyrocketing in order to pay for these AI data centers for them. In the last five years, Americans who live near data centers saw their electric bills increase over 260 each month. We are talking about an $80 a monthly increase from $80 a month to $294 a month. Working people are already living paycheck to paycheck in some states off of wages as low as $7.25 an hour. (20:41–20:50)
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