AI Is Feeding—and You're the Battery AI doesn’t just cost money to build. It burns electricity like there’s no tomorrow. Between May 2024 and May 2025, U.S. residential electricity prices jumped 6.5%, on average. In some states, like Maine, it exploded by over 36%. And while the headlines blame “market conditions,” the real driver is the energy-hungry monster beneath it all: data centers. These facilities are the backbone of today’s AI boom—warehouses packed wall-to-wall with servers crunching every email, image, and biometric detail they can scrape. They’re operational 24/7, consuming megawatts just to keep from melting down. And they don’t live in the cloud—they live in your town, drawing from your grid. That’s why utilities are scrambling to upgrade transmission…
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