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fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago
Environment

What's behind rising electricity bills? Experts say it's a lot more than data centers.

Rising US electricity bills are driven mainly by generation delays, an aging grid, extreme weather, and supply-chain constraints—not primarily by renewables or data centers/AI.
fromWIRED
3 months ago
US politics

Why US Power Bills Are Surging

Electricity rates have risen sharply and will keep rising short-term, but should stabilize as decarbonization and renewable deployment reduce costs.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

PG&E says data center projects may appear in San Jose area by 2026

The first power projects in PG&E's pipeline to serve data centers could appear on the grid as soon as next year, despite some hints of softening demand, as the utility titan races to meet the tech industry's hunger for the data hubs. PG&E is in the final engineering stages for electricity projects that would produce a combined 1.6 gigawatts of energy to serve data centers in the South Bay, said Mike Medeiros, PG&E vice president of strategic commercial solutions,
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Environment
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

The AI bubble you haven't heard about

Utilities may build and charge customers for excess power capacity because AI data center developers submit multiple overlapping electricity requests, inflating demand forecasts.
US news
fromFortune
2 months ago

AI boom is making your utility bills more expensive, says BofA, and they're likely to keep going up | Fortune

Consumers are indirectly paying higher utility bills as AI-driven data center electricity demand strains the grid, raising rates and pressuring household budgets.
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from24/7 Wall St.
2 months ago

AI's Energy Crunch: 3 Hidden Winners That Will Profit From the Crisis

AI-driven data center growth will demand up to 12% of U.S. power by 2028, pressuring grids and increasing reliance on natural gas and alternative fuels.
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fromTheregister
2 months ago

US hyperscalers to guzzle 22% more grid juice by end of 2025

U.S. hyperscale datacenters will require dramatically more grid electricity, rising 22% by 2025 and potentially tripling by 2030 due to AI-driven expansion.
US politics
fromThe Mercury News
3 months ago

Letters: California isn't making the most of rooftop solar

Equip commercial and residential rooftops with solar panels and batteries at low cost, using existing grid connections to avoid land use and long transmission lines.
Environment
fromComputerWeekly.com
3 months ago

Green energy microgrids hailed as cost-effective answer to UK's datacentre energy supply woes | Computer Weekly

Expanding renewable microgrids offers a faster, cheaper way to meet UK datacentre energy demand compared with building nuclear small modular reactors (SMRs).
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Global investment in renewable energy up 10% on 2024 despite Trump rollback

Global renewable energy investment hit a record $386bn in H1 2025, demonstrating continued momentum and resilience despite political headwinds.
Environment
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 months ago

Wind farms paid to turn off power in 1bn racket' pushing up bills

Insufficient grid infrastructure forces UK wind farms to be paid to curtail production, increasing consumer energy costs as operators pay for alternative generation.
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