Utilities in the Southeast may be overestimating the AI boom

Utilities in the Southeast may be overestimating the AI boom

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station. As more and more data centers crop up throughout Georgia and the Southeast, a recent study finds they may need less energy than the industry and utilities have been predicting. That could have substantial implications for energy bills and the planet. Data centers — especially the biggest ones, known as hyperscalers, used for high-powered computing…