‘More bad news’ for people struggling with energy bills: AI data centers are driving costs even higher

The rapid growth of data centers across the country has already stressed power demand and driven up electricity bills. And those impacts are only worsening. Americans could see $6.3 billion added to their energy bills within the next three years, an increase primarily driven by data centers. PJM Interconnection, the largest power grid operator in the United States, revealed on Tuesday the results of its annual power auction—a way to secure electricity generation and set costs three years before that power is actually needed. During the auction, power providers bid on the prices they’re will...