AI's soaring energy consumption is causing skyrocketing power bills for households across the US — States reporting spikes in energy costs of up to 36%

Americans are footing the bill for the sheer amount of electricity required to operate the data centers responsible for providing access to AI tools and services.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/ai-data-centers-soaring-energy-consumption-is-causing-skyrocketing-power-bills-for-households-across-the-us-states-reporting-spikes-in-energy-costs-of-up-to-36-percent

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