More data centers could be coming to El Paso. What will that mean for your electric bills?

You keep hearing that AI will transform your business. But right now it's just transforming your expenses.

Here's the part nobody's talking about.

You're not just paying for the AI tools you bought and shelved. Every business owner is quietly funding the AI infrastructure boom through rising utility costs — Meta, Oracle, and OpenAI are building massive data centers that reshape local energy pricing for everyone downstream.

You're subsidizing their AI revolution whether you're using AI or not.

That's the uncomfortable truth. The companies making AI expensive to understand are also making it expensive to ignore. And the business owners who wait for "the right moment" are paying twice — in opportunity cost and in operating costs.

The good news? You don't need a data center. You need one repeatable process that AI handles better than your team does today. Start there. Pick the task that eats two hours a week and costs you real money. That's your first test.

Not a platform. Not a strategy. One problem. One tool. Thirty days.

That's how you get your first win without another $200/month ghost subscription collecting dust in your dashboard.

What's the AI tool you bought that your team never actually opened?

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Companies including Meta Platforms, Oracle and Open AI ... The data center rate is structured differently than the rates households and small businesses ...