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Crackdown on Power-Guzzling Data Centers May Soon Come Online in California
A spate of new bills in California and other states would protect consumers from electricity rate hikes that subsidize data centers
Khari Johnson
Technology Reporter
Khari Johnson is part of the economy team and is CalMatters’ first tech reporter. He has covered artificial intelligence since 2016. Khari previously worked at WIRED, VentureBeat, and Imperial Beach Patch. In the past he’s talked about how AI can harm people with NPR, The Beat with Ari Melber on MSNBC, onstage at WIRED’s 30th anniversary, and at the Democracy Summit at Howard University. He was born and raised in San Diego, and graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in journalism and minor in political science. He lives in Oakland.