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A county asks schools to cut power as datacenters spike rates 25%

development2026-07-01

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Henrico County begged schools to kill the lights as data centers spiked its rates 25%, while SpaceX halved Starlink prices in Memphis to placate neighbors of xAI's Colossus.

Reported metric: +25% rates

Reporting date: 2026-07-01 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to July 1, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A county asks schools to cut power as datacenters spike rates 25%
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Reporting date: 2026-07-01
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-07-01-a-county-begs-schools-to-kill-the-lights
Claim: Henrico County begged schools to kill the lights as data centers spiked its rates 25%, while SpaceX halved Starlink prices in Memphis to placate neighbors of xAI's Colossus.
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- Welcome to July 1, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-july-1-2026
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