Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed ...

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.

Artificial intelligence is now integral to power-grid operations, advancing the original smart-grid concept into the emerging AI electric utility. The global smart-grid market — especially AI-driven ...