By George Lee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Macleod Gazette In their political campaigns and discourse, Americans often dig up a chestnut dating from the early 1990s: “It’s the economy, stupid.” An appropriate variation in Alberta these days might be “it’s the electricity bill, stupid,” as the province and its people sort through the implications of a potentially massive, Big Tech-driven expansion and upgrade of the wires and pipes that keep their lights on. Electrical bills are not the only worry for Albertans when they talk about the boom of data centres designed to serve artificial intelligence. But polling does put the possibility of higher bills at or near the top of their list. Breaking Down the Bill Two lines on your household electrical bill could face upward pressure in…
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