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Utilities filed $31 billion in rate increase requests in 2025, double the prior year, and Goldman Sachs is projecting a 6% consumer electricity price jump by 2027. The infrastructure enabling AI is being partially financed through your monthly bill. That is a policy choice, not an engineering constraint.
By Audrey Liang · 3 min read
Virginia's data center tax exemption was supposed to cost $1.5 million a year. It now costs $1.9 billion. The jobs are real, the math is not. Here is why the state needs to stop honoring a deal that was miscalculated by a factor of 1,200.
By Milo Hart · 3 min read
AI data centers consumed 415 terawatt-hours of electricity globally in 2024, and the costs are showing up on utility bills in Maryland, Ohio, and Virginia. The tech industry calls this progress. The people paying $16 to $27 more a month for electricity might call it something else.
By Audrey Liang · 4 min read