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NEWS: Data Centers Added $9.4 Billion in Costs on Biggest US Grid

Data centers just handed PJM customers a $9.4 billion surprise. (Bloomberg)

  • According to the grid’s own watchdog, capacity costs on its grid jumped 180%, with the majority tied to new and forecasted data center load. A Google exec put it this way: “We are now imposing a significant cost on the system.”

  • The result: households and businesses from Illinois to D.C. will see the hit on their utility bills starting this month.

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