AI boom leads to record costs on US grid and calls for new plants Businesses and households served by the largest U S power grid will spend a record $16 1 billion to ensure electricity supplies—a result that prompted immediate calls from utilities and energy groups to build more generation amid the AI frenzy
AI Boom Leads to Record US Grid Costs, Call for New Plants The AI boom is spurring the biggest surge in power demand in decades, leading to soaring utility bills and disagreement over which resources are best equipped to satisfy those needs
AI Boom Sparks Fight Over Soaring Power Costs - Slashdot Utilities across the U S are demanding tech companies pay larger shares of electricity infrastructure costs as AI drives unprecedented data center construction, creating tensions over who bears the financial burden of grid upgrades
NEWS: Who Pays? AI Boom Sparks Fight Over Soaring Power Costs Utilities want Big Tech to cover more of the cost to power their AI boom, and regulators are starting to agree (WSJ) Ohio and other states are now requiring data center developers to pay more for grid