Data centers only 4% of US electricity price hikes, study finds

A study reported by the Washington Post found data centers contributed only about 4% of US residential electricity price increases over the past five years, with PJM monitoring data attributing the rises mainly to other cost factors, pushing back on the "AI power use drives up prices" narrative.

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