Data centers are driving US power demand to hard-to-reach heights

Published on December 9, 2024

Over the past year, the biggest story in the U.S. power sector has been the massive and looming increase in demand for electricity, most of it driven by data centers that companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are planning to build to serve their gigantic AI ambitions. This scramble for electricity has…

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