And of course the costs do not affect everyone equally, especially in the short term - the people living in these areas tend to already be poor - like in Memphis were Musk's xAI seems to have turned on gas power without permits & controls.[0] Conveniently for xAI, Musk has also enthusiastically gutted the EPA.

[0]: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/06/elon-musk-xai-memph...

The grid could lose several generators right now and no one would notice.

You lose one or two private generators and it's gonna start getting tight quickly.

From a risk management perspective, I don't think I'd be interested in a business that needs to operate an entire power grid vertical as a prerequisite to running some computers in an air conditioned building.