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As the demand for electricity, especially from data centers, skyrockets—US data centers now account for approximately 4% of the country’s total power consumption, projected to grow to 9% by 2030—the question arises: Can renewables keep pace? Although tech companies like Microsoft and Amazon have advocated for nuclear energy's reliability, it masks a larger issue: the monopolistic tendencies of these companies seeking to safeguard their operations at potentially high costs to taxpayers and the public.