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flag Santee Cooper raises rates for big energy users to protect regular consumers from steep electricity bill hikes.

flag South Carolina's power company, Santee Cooper, raised rates for large energy users like data centers to avoid passing costs to regular consumers. flag This move comes amid concerns that increased energy demand from AI data centers could hike electricity bills by 50-70% for consumers and small businesses. flag The state has seen significant data center investment, including projects by Alphabet and Meta. flag The US needs to invest in renewable energy to sustainably power the growing digital infrastructure and remain competitive in AI development.

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