AI Data Center Companies Reveal They Are Not Paying Their Full Costs, Will Continue Using NDAs and Seeking Tax Breaks

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1455702/ai-data-center-companies-reveal-they-are-not-paying-their-full-costs-will-continue-using [https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1455702/ai-data-center-companies-reveal-they-are-not-paying-their-full-costs-will-continue-using] Full Report: Power and Profits: How the AI Data Center Boom Costs Households and Communities [https://www.warren.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/471703-ai-data-center-boom-cost-Digital-8.5x11.pdf](27 page PDF) > Amid increasing concerns over utility costs and other data center problems, the report finds that the “data center industry is bulldozing local communities… leaving ordinary citizens stuck with the bills.”