Soaring electricity demand from data centers may lead U.S. utilities to invest more in coal and gas plants.
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A worker prepares a plot of land for an AI data center in the shadow of a retired power plant being refurbished to provide electricity for the facility. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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AI data centers use a huge amount of energy. So as more come online, the demand for electricity is surging.
According to an analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists, meeting that growing demand could come at a steep cost to the climate and people’s health.
Utilities warn that new AI-optimized facilities can consume as much power as a small city, straining an already aging grid and…
As datacenters’ connections to electric grids are held up, big tech is forced to throw money at producing its own power
The tech industry is shopping the same big projects around to multiple utilities as they look for the quickest access to power.
Investors and energy analysts question whether the AI race has turned into a bubble, one that would be costly to unravel as major…
New research puts numbers on how the AI infrastructure boom is coming for utility bills.
The hyperscalers racing to build the data centers needed for the AI boom have a PR crisis on their hands, but the industry is not…
