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Your Electricity Bill Might Be Paying for Large Data Centers
xiàn zài现在 ，hěn很duō多dà大gōng sī公司 ，bǐ rú比如gǔ gē谷歌hé和 Meta ，xū yào需要hěn很duō多diàn电lái来ràng让tā men他们de的shù jù数据zhōng xīn中心gōng zuò工作 。
Nowadays, many big companies, like Google and Meta, need a lot of electricity to run their data centers.
diàn lì电力gōng sī公司xiǎng想zhuàn赚gèng更duō多qián钱 ，suǒ yǐ所以gěi给zhè xiē这些dà大gōng sī公司diàn fèi电费dǎ zhé打折 ，dàn但pǔ tōng rén普通人què却méi yǒu没有zhè yàng这样de的yōu huì优惠 。
Electric companies want to make more money, so they give discounts on electricity bills to these big companies, but ordinary people don't get such discounts.
zhè yàng yī lái这样一来 ，pǔ tōng普通jiā tíng家庭hé和xiǎo小gōng sī公司jiù yào就要yì qǐ一起fēn dān分担zhè xiē这些dà大gōng sī公司de的yòng diàn用电chéng běn成本 。
As a result, ordinary households and small businesses have to share the electricity costs of these big companies.
bǐ rú比如zài在měi guó美国 ，yǒu有yí gè一个shù jù数据zhōng xīn中心yòng用de的diàn电bǐ比yí gè一个dà chéng shì大城市hái还duō多 。
For example, in the United States, one data center uses more electricity than a large city.
diàn lì电力gōng sī公司jiàn建xīn新diàn chǎng电厂hé和diàn xiàn电线 ，huā花hěn很duō多qián钱 ，dàn但zhè xiē这些qián钱bú shì不是zhǐ只ràng让dà大gōng sī公司fù付 ，ér shì而是ràng让suǒ yǒu所有yòng用diàn电de的rén人yì qǐ一起fù付 。
Electric companies build new power plants and power lines, spending a lot of money, but this cost is not paid only by big companies; all electricity users share it.
suǒ yǐ所以 ，dà jiā大家de的diàn fèi电费kě néng可能huì会biàn变gāo高 。
Therefore, everyone's electricity bill might go up.
xiàn zài现在yǒu xiē有些dì fāng地方kāi shǐ开始zhù yì注意dào到zhè gè这个wèn tí问题 ，xiǎng想bàn fǎ办法bǎo hù保护pǔ tōng rén普通人bù不bèi被yǐng xiǎng影响 。
Now, some places are starting to notice this problem and are trying to protect ordinary people from being affected.