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08:23

2026-07-26

startupfortune.com

artificial-intelligence

Data centers have been cutting your electricity bill for years and the AI buildout may end that

A new study by the Electric Power Research Institute and Watershed found that average U.S. residential electricity rates would have been 6% higher without data centers built between 2019 and 2024, as …

07:00

2026-07-26

fortune.com

artificial-intelligence

Data centers were actually making electricity costs cheaper, but the $7 trillion buildout with no guaranteed AI demand is threatening the trend

A working paper from the Electric Power Research Institute found that between 2015 and 2024, each doubling of data center capacity reduced average U.S. retail electricity prices by 3.5%, contradicting…

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