AI’s Data Center Boom Is Testing Power Grids And Local Communities

Data centers are an economic boom in some areas and are behind the artificial intelligence economy. However, the cost to ...
Bloomberg L.P.

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Data centers are proliferating in Virginia and a blind man in Baltimore is suddenly contending with sharply higher power bills. The Maryland city is well over an hour’s drive from the northern ...
TechRepublic

Power Is the New Gold Rush for AI Data Centers

Power Is the New Gold Rush for AI Data Centers Your email has been sent In 1849, the 49ers chased gold. In 2025, the new rush is for power. Utilities and grid operators are overwhelmed with requests ...
CNBC

AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why

AI data centers are pushing up electricity demand and fueling higher electricity prices for U.S. households, according to energy experts. Consumers in certain areas of the country like the West and ...
Reuters

AI data centers are forcing dirty ‘peaker’ power plants back into service

CHICAGO, Dec. 23 - In Chicago’s working-class Pilsen neighborhood, a 60s-era oil-fired power plant rises up from an industrial lot behind Dvorak Park, which in warmer weather is packed with children ...