Where the power for AI comes from
Gigawatts, new plants, interconnection and the grid news that decides which data centers get built.
- Power and the gridAnalysis56%of 1 GW+ projects are stuck mainly on power
Gigawatt data centers are 2.7 times as likely to be stuck on power
Power is the main limit on 56% of U.S. data center projects of 1 GW or more, against 21% of small ones. The data, and what utilities are doing.
- Power and the gridAnalysis432planned power plants within 40 km of a data center project
432 planned power plants sit within 40 km of a data center project
83.8 GW of planned U.S. power capacity sits within 40 km of a tracked data center project, and 42% of it is gas. EIA data, matched to the tracker.
- Power and the gridAnalysis192 TWhelectricity used by U.S. data centers in 2024
How much electricity does AI use? From one prompt to the whole U.S. grid
How much electricity AI uses: about 0.3 watt-hours for a short prompt, 192 TWh for U.S. data centers in 2024, and what a gigawatt means. Every figure sourced.
- Power and the gridAnalysis$29.4Bof capacity charges a market monitor ties to data center load
Do data centers raise your electricity bill? What the evidence shows
Do data centers raise electricity bills? PJM auction data, national price studies, state prices and large-load tariffs, with what each shows and what it cannot.
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