New tech has a price for consumers on the low end.
A worthwhile bit of local followup on the data center boom should inspire Kansas City residents to do the math and realize they MIGHT be paying the bill for tech baron world domination.
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"The average home in the United States uses about 900 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per month. Data centers use a lot more, millions and millions of watts more . . .
"According to filings with the Missouri Public Service Commission, the power company expects these developments to use at least 200 million watts of electricity. That's almost 20,000% more than the average home.
"Google is just one of the 193 data centers Evergy will supply in both Kansas and Missouri."
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
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