Jerome Powell says you’re right to blame data centers for making your bills more expensive: ‘probably pushing inflation up’

Fed Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged Wednesday that the AI-fueled data center boom is contributing to inflation, pushing back ...

Data center pitch vs. pushback: Metro-east towns weigh tax cuts, power rate risks

An interested developer and some local officials have repeated the potential benefits of a data center at public meetings ...
WHYY

Precedent-setting Pa. rate case would protect residential electricity customers from data center costs in PPL territory

It’s the first time a Pennsylvania utility agreed to shield average ratepayers from data center costs. Data centers will pay $11 million for low-income rate relief.
KSHB Kansas City

Could Independence data center raise residential rates? IPL explains why it won’t

KSHB 41 reporter Tod Palmer covers sports business and eastern Jackson County, including Independence. Share your story idea with Tod. The laundry list of concerns Independence residents have about a ...

ICC approves ComEd proposal requiring multimillion dollar deposits for new data center projects

With the proliferation of power-hungry data centers driving up the cost of electricity, the Illinois Commerce Commission ...

Wisconsin residents raise cost, environmental concerns over We Energies data center rate

Dozens of residents raised cost shifting and environmental concerns at a PSC hearing on We Energies' proposed data center rate.