[bigbadfeline]

> And then supply goes up. In theory.

Supply goes up for a price and it's called capex, that cost wouldn't be there without new datacenters.

> Americans have coasted too long on other people's infrastructure investment. It's basically run out.

That's such an egregious inversion of the truth. It would be true if the companies building data-centers were building power plants and transmission lines which the population was allowed to use for the cost of operating expanses - after all capex and loans were payed off by these companies.

The reality is the exact opposite of that - the public is shouldering all of the capex and the new AI overloads want to pay for the opex only.

> Time to pay the piper or watch our quality of life decline.

They are even ready to issue threatening ultimatums if you disagree... as if agreeing would lead to a different outcome.