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How AI Data Centers Affect Your Electric Bill

The explosive growth of artificial intelligence is driving an unprecedented surge in electricity demand. Hyperscale data centers — the massive facilities that train and run AI models — can consume as much power as a small city. When a 500-megawatt campus lands in your utility's service territory, the cost of new generation, transmission upgrades, and grid reinforcement gets spread across every ratepayer, including residential customers.

In Northern Virginia, home to the densest data center corridor on Earth, Dominion Energy has proposed billions of dollars in grid upgrades that would raise residential rates by double digits. Similar dynamics are playing out in Ohio, Iowa, Texas, and anywhere Big Tech is building next. Understanding your local rate — and who else is drawing from the same grid — is the first step toward holding utilities accountable.

Explore the world's largest data centers to see the scale of demand reshaping the energy landscape.