US businesses to buy more electricity than households for the first time this year
McDonaghMatthew · x · 2026-11-02
- Data shared by Social Capital: this year, US businesses are expected to purchase more electricity than households for the first time ever.
- McDonaghMatthew comments the trend will accelerate as "labor turns into compute," pointing to AI data centers structurally reshaping electricity demand.
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