Data Center Expansion and Its Impact on Energy Costs and Climate
TL;DR
Utility customers in seven PJM states paid $4.4 billion in 2024 for transmission upgrades to support data centers, with costs often shared across all customers due to a regulatory gap. The Union of Concerned Scientists recommends stricter oversight to assign costs directly to the customers causing them, aiming to prevent subsidization and better manage the surge in data center infrastructure.
- Customers in 7 PJM states paid $4.4B for data center transmission in 2024: report Utility Dive
- Article | Data center developers descend on upstate New York POLITICO Pro
- The Gas Turbine Shortage Might Be a Climate Problem Bloomberg.com
- The AI Data Center Boom Is Driving Up Electricity Costs, Research Shows CNET
- Data Centers Are Already Increasing Your Energy Bills. We Have the Receipts. The Equation - Union of Concerned Scientists
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