Santee Cooper提高了大型能源用户的电费, 以保护正常消费者免受电费暴涨的影响。 Santee Cooper raises rates for big energy users to protect regular consumers from steep electricity bill hikes.

南卡罗来纳州电力公司Santee Cooper提高了数据中心等大型能源用户的费率, South Carolina's power company, Santee Cooper, raised rates for large energy users like data centers to avoid passing costs to regular consumers. 人们担心AI数据中心的能源需求会增加, 使消费者和小企业的电费上涨50%至70%。 This move comes amid concerns that increased energy demand from AI data centers could hike electricity bills by 50-70% for consumers and small businesses. 该州已看到大量数据中心投资,包括字母和Meta的项目。 The state has seen significant data center investment, including projects by Alphabet and Meta. 美国需要投资于可再生能源,以便可持续地为不断增长的数字基础设施提供动力,并在AI开发方面保持竞争力。 The US needs to invest in renewable energy to sustainably power the growing digital infrastructure and remain competitive in AI development.