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Electricity consumption by AI data centers pushing up grid costs that are then shared by residents is a typical negative externality scenario; the policy response is to "internalize the externality," for example by requiring large power users to bear the incremental cost of grid expansion, sign long-term power supply agreements, or invest in their own power sources.
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