Utilities grapple with a multibillion question: How much AI data center power demand is real
In this articleNVDACEGwatch nowElectricity companies across the U.S. are struggling to figure out how much demand will actually materialize from the artificial intelligence boom, as the stock market speculates that vast sums of money will be spent on infrastructure to support a big data center buildout."There is a question about whether or not all of the projections, if they're real," Willie Phillips, who served as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from 2023 until April 2025, told CNBC. " ...