How much your electricity costs depends on some seriously complicated calculations. AP Photo/Carolyn KasterMany major tech companies have pledged to pay their fair share of the costs associated with generating and transmitting more electricity to serve large data centers. But ratepayers across the United States are worried about the potential costs they might have to bear. That’s because it’s not immediately clear how the cost of data centers’ energy will be calculated. The effects of price increases are likely just beginning, and their full effects may not be felt for years.
你的电费取决于一些极其复杂的计算。美联社照片/卡罗琳·卡斯特许多大型科技公司已承诺支付其应承担的份额，用于产生和输送更多电力以服务大型数据中心。但全美各地的用户担心他们可能需要承担的潜在费用。这是因为目前尚不清楚数据中心的能源成本将如何计算。价格上涨的影响可能才刚刚开始，其全面影响可能需要数年才能显现。
For example, a recent report by the organization that monitors the PJM market, an area that encompasses all or part of 14 mid-Atlantic and Midwest states, concluded that expected power demand from data centers was a primary reason for US$23 billion in customer price increases that will last until at least the end of 2028.
例如，监控PJM市场（覆盖14个中大西洋和中西部州的全部或部分地区）的组织最近发布的一份报告得出结论，预计来自数据中心的电力需求是导致客户价格上涨230亿美元的主要原因，这一涨价将持续到至少2028年底。
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