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Illinois running low on power as AI data centers spike electricity demand | The news is a blow to Gov. JB Pritzker’s climate change-fighting goals too, as demand from AI data centers soars (www.wbez.org)

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Billionaires never pick people over money, and Pritzker made the people pay for this...

That program provided more than $650 million of incentives to other data center projects between 2020 and 2023 – including $25 million for a different CyrusOne development in 2022.

Those tax breaks, according to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, have resulted in $6.5 billion in required investments, $11 billion in total investments and 469 new permanent jobs.

"We have chased down every potential dollar of private investment we could find and leveraged every incentive and grant at our disposal to attract and build up existing and new industries,” Pritzker said.

https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2024-10-03/pritzker-touts-illinois-economic-development-at-data-center-groundbreaking