Technology companies sign secret agreements to pay less electricity than their data centers use R3D: Network in Defense of Digital Rights

Harvard University research states that large technology companies have reached dozens of secret agreements with power companies to secure power supply for their data centers, which could lead to an increase in costs for local consumers in the United States. In this research, taken up by Business Insider, the Harvard Electricity Law Initiative reviewed 40 special contracts that state regulators have approved between utilities and data centers wh…