AI’s power bill looms larger than Trump’s pledge
TL;DR
Trump’s pledge that tech firms should fund their own power generation for AI data centers would only partially shield Americans from rising electricity costs. Experts say the data-center boom requires extensive grid upgrades and infrastructure, and with hundreds of planned centers and vague details on how costs will be shared, ratepayers could still bear a significant portion of the bill.
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