AI data centers require incredible amounts of energy to run. NPR's Planet Money investigates how that demand for power might affect your electric bills.

The rapid rollout of power-hungry AI data centers could be straining the US energy grid and causing utility bills to spike – and prices could get worse in the coming months, according to economists.

Claim: Oklahoma has enacted a “Behind the Meter” bill that requires data centers to develop their own sources of electricity.

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — The New York State Assembly held a hearing on Thursday to examine rising energy costs for everyday utility customers tied to new consumers on the electric grid, like ...

Facing an unprecedented flood of data center proposals that require billions of dollars in grid infrastructure projects to power, a growing number of states and utilities are enacting measures to ...

Experts believe that data center demand could drive global electricity usage to grow significantly for decades. These five high-yielding utility stocks could benefit from the huge increase in ...

Amazon.com Inc. alleges that a Berkshire Hathaway Inc.-owned utility in Oregon is failing to provide sufficient power for four new data center facilities, highlighting the strain rapid expansion of ...

A model of the AI data center planned for Jeffersonville. The utility Indiana Michigan Power expects that by 2030, AI data centers planned for its territory will use more electricity every year than ...

AES Indiana has proposed building a natural gas plant with roughly the same capacity as its Eagle Valley facility in Martinsville. The electric utility that serves Indianapolis is prepared to add a ...

Power lines extend north from Wildlands Conservancy's South Mountain Preserve in Emmaus, with the PPL Building in Center City Allentown visible in the background, on Aug. 16, 2025. The Pennsylvania ...

BBx800 is designed specifically for high-power AI data centers. It uses full immersion cooling, placing each battery cell ...