AI data center impact on Charlotte power bills and local debate

AI data centers driving up power bills nationwide; map shows local impact. Charlotte's data center moratorium debate continues with focus group formed. Duke Energy rate hike pending. Runware's portable data center pods offer alternative to hyperscaler model. Rate rules determine whether costs fall on consumers. Anthropic's $10B compute deal with cloud startup signals infrastructure demand. Mirendil inks $100M+ Google Cloud deal for self-improving AI, reinforcing compute scarcity. Councilman Ed Driggs weighs in on data center moratorium in recent interview.