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Voters Are Pushing Back as Big Tech Forces Consumers to Pay for Its AI Power Grids
MarketWatch·Tuesday, 28 July 2026
State regulators in the US are moving to make Big Tech companies pay for the electricity grid upgrades their AI data centres require, rather than passing costs to ordinary utility customers. This is creating political risk for traditional utility stocks. Voters are actively resisting the cost shift.
Why It Matters
This signals a global trend where governments are starting to hold AI companies financially accountable for infrastructure — a pattern that Indian policymakers and regulators may watch closely as data centres expand in India.
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