Comment on AI data centers could make your electric bill go up by 70%

In San Jose, 4,000 proposed new apartments will use waste heat for their heat and hot water, significantly lowering energy bills. When future residents turn up the heat in six new apartment buildings planned for downtown San Jose, California, it will come from nearby data centers.

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A new report quantifies just how much artificial intelligence might cost you. Every use of AI requires massive amounts of data, meaning as AI has surged, companies have been building more and more data centers across the country. Those data centers also require lots of energy to operate, and that means they could soon require more energy than what’s available on the grid.