Our View: Data centers deserve close scrutiny before the bills hit home

AI data centers could drive up residents’ power bills, lawmakers fear

Data centers are industrial buildings that house huge banks of computer servers. They're opening in Pa. and around the country.

Customers could end up paying for data centers' energy costs in the absence of reform: Experts

Regulation in the utilities sector and improved grid infrastructure are needed to address data center energy-related pricing and service delivery concerns.

Lawmakers fear AI data centers will drive up residents' power bills

For the first time in decades, America needs to produce more electricity. In many places, a sharp uptick in power demand has been driven by data centers, the industrial buildings that house huge banks of computer servers and support our ...

Our View: Data centers deserve close scrutiny before the bills hit home

Data centers are quietly becoming some of the biggest electricity users in the country—and they’re heading to Arizona in a hurry.

AI Data Centers Could Spike Power Bills for Consumers

In many places, a sharp uptick in power demand has been driven by data centers, the industrial buildings that house huge banks of computer servers and support our increasingly digital society.

Amsterdam, 16.04.2025 - nLighten, a digital infrastructure platform and a pioneer in the European data centre market, has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and an electricity supply agreement with Shell Spain as of 1 April 2025. As part of this partnership, nLighten's edge data center in Madrid will be supplied with electricity from Shell's solar and wind energy portfolio in Spain, with a particular focus on solar energy.The agreement goes…