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So, yeah, it is a local news map about hyperscalers and energy companies that visualizes... resistance and risk at a local level.

I learned a lot.

I'm Robinson Meyer, the founding executive editor of HeatMap News, and it's all coming up on ShiftKey.

David Pomerantz, welcome to ShiftKey.

Thanks so much for having me.

We'll be back next week at the usual time with a new episode of Shift Key.

I want to thank Dave Pomerantz this week for joining us on Shift Key.

Shift Key is a production of HeatMap News.

Our editors are Jillian Goodman and Nico Lorcella.

The story headline is Americans are now blaming data centers for the rising power bills, creating space data center ideas is what's coming on.

So Heatmap News reports that exploring how public frustration in state levels have buyer's remorse has surged as residential utility customers face soaring power bills tied to the rapid expansion of the local AI compute infrastructure.

Multistate reports on the massive spike in bills introduced across U.S. state capitals as lawmakers scramble to pull back tax incentives and curb grid strain from massive data center developments.

so that's what's going on that's the report also on the flip side we've got fast company reporting that um people like elon musk and spacex are testing ai hardware and tensor processing chips in orbit such as early experiments payloads as tech giants look for ways to bypass terrestrial energy limits yeah did we just read that right

It's a fun, quick episode.

I'm Robinson Meyer, the founding executive editor of HeatMap News, and it's all coming up on ShiftKey.

Caroline Spears, welcome to Shift Key.

Thanks for having me.

And that will do it for us today on this episode of Shift Key, but we'll be back soon with a new episode.

I want to thank our sponsors, Ari Plus, Giving Green, and Vertula.

Until then, Shift Key is a production of HeatMap News.

Our editors are Jillian Goodman and Nico Loricella.

You'll also, I think, get a sense of what all of this could mean for Baja or Beja or whatever we're calling it.

I'm Robinson Meyer, the founding executive editor of HeatMap News, and all that and more, it's all coming up on Shift Key.

Peter Erickson, welcome to ShiftKey.

Hi, Rob.

We'll be back next week with at least one new episode of ShiftKey.

I'm hoping it can be a two-episode week.

Until then, ShiftKey is a production of HeatMap News.

Our editors are Jillian Goodman and Nico Loricella.

And that will do it for today's show, but we'll be back soon with a new episode of Shift Key, all about permitting reform.

Until then, Shift Key is a production of HeatMap News.

Our editors are Jillian Goodman and Nico Loricella.

Multimedia editing and audio engineering is by Jacob Lambert and by Nick Woodbury.

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