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Documents reveal plans for $6 utility rate hike to help fund Google’s data center project in Memphis
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this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2026
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That is so fucked up. Why are WE paying for that??? Imagine having a grocery store open and they increase your utilities because there's a store now using electricity. Or a tire shop opens up.
MFera need to pay their own bills! This is in-fucking-sane!
Because the country is now run like a business and you my friend are just a human resource ripe for extraction.