A report by the Alliance for Affordable Energy and Sierra Club warns that Louisiana households could face billions in electricity infrastructure costs due to new data center projects by Meta, Amazon, and Hut 8. The report highlights that a rule allows data center developers to pay only half the cost of new power infrastructure, potentially leaving consumers to cover the rest. The projects could demand up to 7.2 gigawatts of electricity, equivalent to the annual usage of 5.7 million homes.
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