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POWER Act

Data centers and your electric bills

Power bills are going up across the country, and the surge in data center development is a big reason. These facilities, which house computer systems used for storing, processing, and distributing digital information, use a tremendous amount of electricity–the largest data centers can consume as much energy as a mid-sized…...

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‘Totally Outrageous’: Illinoisans sound off about their summer power bills

Illinois consumers paid up to 50 percent more for electricity this past summer, and a big reason was soaring demand from new and proposed data centers. CUB asked Illinoisans in our Electric Bill Poll just how bad their power bills got. Check out some of the responses, and send a…...

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