noumenon@lemmy.world to Economics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoSince 2008, residential bills have been rising more than in other sectorsimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: dataisbeautiful@lemmy.worldbusiness@lemmy.worldinfrastructure@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up110arrow-down1imageSince 2008, residential bills have been rising more than in other sectorsnoumenon@lemmy.world to Economics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: dataisbeautiful@lemmy.worldbusiness@lemmy.worldinfrastructure@sh.itjust.works
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41307060 Electricity prices are climbing fast for home use, but not for business use. Recent increases in electricity demand are mostly due to the commercial sector, which includes data centers. The commercial sector and data centers are consuming ever-more electricity.
