If you're looking for someone to blame for your bigger energy bill, we have a big, fat, culprit: AI datacenters.  A new analysis of one the US's largest power grid, PJM, shows that a rise in customer energy rates is directly attributable to the tremendous power demands of these data facilities, the Washington Post reports. Serving 67 million customers, the region covers just over a dozen states, including Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania,  and Virginia. Washington DC is also included. Some parts will see their energy bills surge by more than 20 percent this summer, Reuters reported. In Philadelphia, according to […]

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