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29 October
7:11 pm

data centers will drive up our energy costs

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Kelly Ayotte, at New Hampshire Governor General Election Debate (WMUR)

7:11 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific causal assertion that data centers cause energy cost increases, a verifiable economic claim relevant to the policy debate
What we foundMultiple credible outlets and some academic research support the claim that data centers are driving up energy costs, particularly in high-concentration regions, though at least one peer-reviewed working paper finds the national average effect has been modestly negative (i.e., prices fell), making the picture regionally variable and not uniformly true.
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