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.

A September Stanford report on powering California data centers said the state risks losing property-tax revenue, union construction jobs and “valuable AI talent” if data-center construction moves out ...

Some communities — including Lewiston — have opposed data centers over concerns about electricity costs and grid strain, ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Federal regulators will allow tech companies to effectively plug massive data centers directly into power ...

New data centers will require billions of dollars in infrastructure upgrades. Some of the costs could be shifted to smaller consumers.

Nike Carstarphen’s electricity bill is rising, even when she’s using less power. The Baltimore resident’s electricity rate jumped 20% from August to September, even though she had cut her usage 40%, ...

In the world of data centers, ensuring a facility will be online 99.999 percent of the time, is everything. Access to power is the number one priority when developers are trying to figure out where to ...

Chris Kelly, former Facebook executive says the artificial intelligence industry needs to figure out how to use less ...

The Kalkaska data center project was recently abandoned after community pushback that resulted in death threats towards the developers. Those fears aren’t limited to northern Michigan, and communities ...

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 ...