Electricity

A woman on the street holding a carboard sign reading, "We say NO to the data center"
Energy

Middle-class Americans are paying for the data center and AI boom with higher electric bills and even food costs, Goldman Sachs warns

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February 13, 2026
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Energy

Americans are shocked by utility bills as high as $1,000: They’re paying the price for aging grids, fuel-price whiplash, and extreme weather

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February 10, 2026
electricity
Environment

Over a million people are losing power during a freezing snowstorm while data centers nearby guzzle electricity

By Nikki Luke, Conor Harrison and The Conversation
February 4, 2026
Aerial image of the first offshore wind farm in the U.S., off the coast of Rhode Island.
Energy

Trump hates the way wind farms look. Too bad, America’s court system says

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February 3, 2026
A Microsoft data center under construction in Aldie, Virginia, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.
Energy

‘The new politics of electricity’: Utilities seek $31 billion in hikes as voters revolt over soaring bills

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January 29, 2026
US President Donald Trump delivers a special address during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2026.
Energy

Trump’s AI deal for Silicon Valley: Build your own nuclear, skip years of regulation

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January 21, 2026
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Environment

Electricity as the new eggs: Affordability concerns will swing the midterms just like the 2024 election, Bill McKibben says

By Seth Borenstein, Amanda Swinhart and The Associated Press
January 18, 2026
A visual illustration of the digital twin of Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ fusion demonstration machine SPARC. In collaboration with Siemens and Nvidia, the digital twin of SPARC was unveiled at CES 2026 in Las Vegas.
Innovation

Fusion power nearly ready for prime time as Commonwealth builds first pilot for limitless, clean energy with AI help from Siemens, Nvidia

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January 7, 2026
Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, speaks during the Collision 2022 conference at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada.
AI

Google ex-CEO Eric Schmidt jumps into the AI data center business with a failed, 150-year-old Texas railroad turned oil giant

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January 2, 2026
Negative prices for electricity are getting more common in Europe and consumer costs have dipped—while Americans face rising energy bills
Energy

Negative prices for electricity are getting more common in Europe and consumer costs have dipped—while Americans face rising energy bills

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January 1, 2026
Georgia regulators approve 50% power capacity boost, betting that massive AI data center demand will eventually materialize
Energy

Georgia regulators approve 50% power capacity boost, betting that massive AI data center demand will eventually materialize

By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
December 21, 2025
Detroit, Michigan, Residents picket DTE Energy, opposing the electric utility's plan to provide power for a proposed $7 billion data center in rural Michigan.
Environment

A grassroots NIMBY revolt is turning voters in Republican strongholds against the AI data-center boom

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December 16, 2025
Google Cloud CEO lays out 3-part strategy to meet AI’s energy demands, after identifying it as ‘the most problematic thing’
AI

Google Cloud CEO lays out 3-part strategy to meet AI’s energy demands, after identifying it as ‘the most problematic thing’

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December 9, 2025
A World Bank expert thinks countries should leverage ‘small AI’—and avoid competing with the biggest tech giants
Asia

A World Bank expert thinks countries should leverage ‘small AI’—and avoid competing with the biggest tech giants

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November 24, 2025
Florida
Energy

12 million Floridians are about to see their electricity prices spike in one of the largest utility rate increases in state history

By Kate Payne and The Associated Press
November 22, 2025

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