AI data centers require incredible amounts of energy to run. NPR's Planet Money investigates how that demand for power might affect your electric bills.

In some areas, the rate is even faster — in Washington, D.C., electricity costs increased 93 percent from July 2020 to July 2025. But the rise in costs hasn’t affected each type of user equally.

Electricity rates are climbing across the U.S. Many blame the boom in artificial-intelligence data centers for driving electricity demand, which could increase 25% by 2030. Soaring demand ought to be ...

Electricity bills have become the latest household shock for Ohioans, with hundreds of residents saying their costs jumped sharply over the summer — even when they used less power. From Cleveland ...

Tech companies invested hundreds of billions of dollars this past year in data centers, which use enormous amounts of electricity. Planet Money's Keith Romer explains the connection to consumer power ...