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The reason electricity prices are rising, and it's not data centers

5 points by NN88 1y ago

NN88 1y ago
paywall: https://archive.ph/WwIQh https://archive.ph/WwIQh
cratermoon 1y ago
Says the media outlet owned by Jeff Bezos of Amazon. Amazon happens to be one of the, if not THE, largest builders of data centers ever.
bikenaga 1y ago
Original article (Science Direct): "Factors influencing recent trends in retail electricity prices in the United States" - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040619025000612#sec0020 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S104061902...
toomuchtodo 1y ago
Data Center Demand Fuels Surge in Electric Costs - https://www.thesandpaper.net/articles/data-center-demand-fuels-surge-in-electric-costs/ https://www.thesandpaper.net/articles/data-center-demand-fue... - October 8th, 2025 AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring - https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-data-centers-electricity-prices/ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-data-centers-elec... - September 29th, 2025 How AI infrastructure is driving a sharp rise in electricity bills - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-ai-infrastructure-is-driving-a-sharp-rise-in-electricity-bills https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-ai-infrastructure-is-d... - September 5th, 2025 Data centers will cause higher electricity prices, study finds - https://www.axios.com/local/raleigh/2025/08/28/data-centers-will-cause-higher-electricity-prices-study-finds-north-carolina-state https://www.axios.com/local/raleigh/2025/08/28/data-centers-... - August 28th, 2025 As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act - https://apnews.com/article/electricity-prices-data-centers-artificial-intelligence-fbf213a915fb574a4f3e5baaa7041c3a https://apnews.com/article/electricity-prices-data-centers-a... - August 8th, 2025 CMU: Data Center Growth Could Increase Electricity Bills 8% Nationally and as Much as 25% in Some Regional Markets - https://www.cmu.edu/work-that-matters/energy-innovation/data-center-growth-could-increase-electricity-bills https://www.cmu.edu/work-that-matters/energy-innovation/data... https://www.datacenterwatch.org/report https://www.datacenterwatch.org/report
marysminefnuf 1y ago
the washington post saying their owner's data centers have a minimal impact on electricity prices rising is laughable
bdangubic 1y ago
I live in the area the problem is that it hasn’t been windy enough. also been very cloudy. also government shutdown is making people watch more tv. it is definitely not never-ending line of data centers and cranes and cranes building new ones :)

5 points by NN88 1y ago

NN88 1y ago

paywall: https://archive.ph/WwIQh https://archive.ph/WwIQh

Says the media outlet owned by Jeff Bezos of Amazon. Amazon happens to be one of the, if not THE, largest builders of data centers ever.

bikenaga 1y ago

Original article (Science Direct): "Factors influencing recent trends in retail electricity prices in the United States" - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040619025000612#sec0020 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S104061902...

toomuchtodo 1y ago

Data Center Demand Fuels Surge in Electric Costs - https://www.thesandpaper.net/articles/data-center-demand-fuels-surge-in-electric-costs/ https://www.thesandpaper.net/articles/data-center-demand-fue... - October 8th, 2025 AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring - https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-data-centers-electricity-prices/ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-data-centers-elec... - September 29th, 2025 How AI infrastructure is driving a sharp rise in electricity bills - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-ai-infrastructure-is-driving-a-sharp-rise-in-electricity-bills https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-ai-infrastructure-is-d... - September 5th, 2025 Data centers will cause higher electricity prices, study finds - https://www.axios.com/local/raleigh/2025/08/28/data-centers-will-cause-higher-electricity-prices-study-finds-north-carolina-state https://www.axios.com/local/raleigh/2025/08/28/data-centers-... - August 28th, 2025 As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act - https://apnews.com/article/electricity-prices-data-centers-artificial-intelligence-fbf213a915fb574a4f3e5baaa7041c3a https://apnews.com/article/electricity-prices-data-centers-a... - August 8th, 2025 CMU: Data Center Growth Could Increase Electricity Bills 8% Nationally and as Much as 25% in Some Regional Markets - https://www.cmu.edu/work-that-matters/energy-innovation/data-center-growth-could-increase-electricity-bills https://www.cmu.edu/work-that-matters/energy-innovation/data... https://www.datacenterwatch.org/report https://www.datacenterwatch.org/report

marysminefnuf 1y ago

the washington post saying their owner's data centers have a minimal impact on electricity prices rising is laughable

bdangubic 1y ago

I live in the area the problem is that it hasn’t been windy enough. also been very cloudy. also government shutdown is making people watch more tv. it is definitely not never-ending line of data centers and cranes and cranes building new ones :)