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"Data centers that haven’t been built yet are driving up electricity prices and could leave consumers on the hook for expensive power infrastructure if demand projections are wrong": www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/f...
How families could get stuck with higher electric bills if the AI data center boom goes bust
Investors and energy analysts question whether the AI race has turned into a bubble, one that would be costly to unravel as major infrastructure gets built.
www.cnbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"Data centers that haven’t been built yet are driving up electricity prices and could leave consumers on the hook for expensive power infrastructure if demand projections are wrong": www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/f...
"The traditional definition of a leading data centre partner has shifted. The priority is no longer limited to latency or connectivity but the ability to secure power": datacentremagazine.com/news/the-dat...
Why AI Places Data Centres at a Sustainable Power Crossroads
NTT’s 2025 Sustainability Report shows how surging AI workloads are forcing data centres to rethink power, cooling and long-term infrastructure resilience
datacentremagazine.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"The traditional definition of a leading data centre partner has shifted. The priority is no longer limited to latency or connectivity but the ability to secure power": datacentremagazine.com/news/the-dat...
"FERC rejected a call ... to assess how Amazon’s data center could affect capacity and energy costs for ratepayers as well as grid reliability, saying those issues were outside the scope of the proceeding": www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-pe...
www.utilitydive.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"FERC rejected a call ... to assess how Amazon’s data center could affect capacity and energy costs for ratepayers as well as grid reliability, saying those issues were outside the scope of the proceeding": www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-pe...
"GenCo plans to build two 1.3-GW gas-fired power plants and a 400-MW, 4‐hour battery storage system to serve the data centers": www.utilitydive.com/news/nisourc...
NIPSCO to supply 3 GW to Amazon data centers in northern Indiana
Northern Indiana Public Service Co. and an affiliate expect to spend about $7 billion on 2.6 GW of gas, 400 MW of storage and transmission — to be paid for by Amazon.
www.utilitydive.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"GenCo plans to build two 1.3-GW gas-fired power plants and a 400-MW, 4‐hour battery storage system to serve the data centers": www.utilitydive.com/news/nisourc...
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"Data center facilities are being constructed in pursuit of AI products, and just one of these data centers can consume multiple cities’ worth of power, leading to rocketing demand for new energy sources that can increase electricity bills for everyday ratepayers in often opaque ways."
What’s Next After Louisiana’s Gas Plant Approval for Meta Data Center
Just one of these data centers can consume multiple cities’ worth of power, leading to rocketing demand for new energy sources that can increase electricity bills for everyday ratepayers in often opaque ways.
blog.ucs.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Data center facilities are being constructed in pursuit of AI products, and just one of these data centers can consume multiple cities’ worth of power, leading to rocketing demand for new energy sources that can increase electricity bills for everyday ratepayers in often opaque ways."
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The big data center buildup
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies.
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies.
The big data center buildup
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies.
www.hcn.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The big data center buildup
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies.
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies.
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The data center boom is built on the assumption that AI chips will last at least five years. But we don’t actually know how long chips are good for.
The AI Industry Is Built on a Big Unproven Assumption
In addition to the projections about reaching artificial general intelligence and replacing millions of human workers, there’s the mundane matter of how long AI chips will last.
bloom.bg
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The data center boom is built on the assumption that AI chips will last at least five years. But we don’t actually know how long chips are good for.
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Texas data center expansion raises blackout risk during extreme winter weather
Texas data center expansion raises blackout risk during extreme winter weather
Texas' supply and demand balance can become tight during winter and potentially fall into deficit as data center demand grows.
cnb.cx
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Texas data center expansion raises blackout risk during extreme winter weather
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Heard on the Street: Meta’s accounting treatment for its $27 billion data center in Louisiana looks too good to be true. It probably is.
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
on.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Heard on the Street: Meta’s accounting treatment for its $27 billion data center in Louisiana looks too good to be true. It probably is.
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How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
"Interconnection queues for new projects can stretch to seven years in high-density areas like Northern Virginia": hbr.org/sponsored/20...
How Data Centers Can Support Energy Resiliency While Managing AI Demand - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
Sponsor content from Schneider Electric.
hbr.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"Interconnection queues for new projects can stretch to seven years in high-density areas like Northern Virginia": hbr.org/sponsored/20...