A study involving Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and PJM Interconnection shows that data centers are major electricity consumers, leading to rate hikes in the market of Virginia and tracked by Goldman Sachs.
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Updated Jul 28
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What happened
A study involving Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and PJM Interconnection shows that data centers are major electricity consumers, leading to rate hikes in the market of Virginia and tracked by Goldman Sachs.
Who's involved
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The entities involved
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
United States national laboratory located near Berkeley, California
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PJM Interconnection
US regional transmission organization
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Goldman Sachs
American investment bank
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Virginia
state of the United States of America
Related events
- Industrial electricity rates climbed in Ohio and Pennsylvania due to growing data center demand.
- Rapid AI advancement is driving global data center expansion, projecting soaring power usage and massive infrastructure spending.
- Google is building data centers that are utilizing the power grid managed by PJM Interconnection.
- Local officials in Virginia debated a moratorium on new data centers and consulted on state projects regarding data center viability.
- Poll shows public opposition to data centers, while a bank predicts the buildout will fall short.
Coverage
Newest first; wire copies grouped- naturalnews.comAmerica’s AI boom forces a reckoning over who pays the bill, who benefits in the end – NaturalNews.com