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Oil never caused inflation like this useless compute demand does. Goldman Sachs reports highlight data center electricity demand as key driver of power price spikes. US grid strain from AI and cloud growth keeps growing fast. Inflation concerns rising over energy costs tied to tech expansion. Going to be hilarious when data centers instead of …
This is up 10.5 percent from 717 dollars same period last year. NEADA report say this is record high because electricity prices rise and summer very hot. Since 2020 cooling costs up almost 40 percent even after inflation. One in six households already behind on utility bills. Many low income families under 50k dollars struggle …
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WATCH: Sam Altman describing AI intelligence as a metered utility like electricity, scraping the internet for free and selling it back to us https://t.co/zZEplXzIy7 “WE SEE A FUTURE WHERE INTELLIGENCE IS A UTILITY, LIKE ELECTRICITY OR WATER, AND PEOPLE BUY IT FROM US ON A METER.” pic.twitter.com/pU6yZ4PfzP — THEWATCHTOWERS (@THEWATCHTOWERS) May 27, 2026 “Let me …
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Trump is escalating pressure on Iran and using oil prices as leverage If no ceasefire happens, the U.S. and Israel could target Iran’s energy infrastructure, including oil wells, power plants, and Kharg Island. That’s the core of Iran’s economy. At the same time, Trump is setting a deadline linked to the Strait of Hormuz. Oil …
OpenAI's Altman: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.” pic.twitter.com/DqySL259YW — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) March 14, 2026
Details from the ministry: A spokesperson stated that the power network has “completely shut down,” and the blackout has struck all Iraqi governorates (provinces). Technical teams are actively working to determine the cause, but no official explanation has been provided yet.… pic.twitter.com/97UCNw3R2x — Popeezy_NG (@Popeikue) March 4, 2026 Factcheck: Yes, confirmed. Iraq’s Electricity Ministry announced …
When one looks inside the electricity system, the experience is less like analyzing an immense machine than being fed into one, resembling the immortal scene in “Modern Times” where Charlie Chaplin’s factory worker is swallowed by the equipment he’s working on. The American electricity market is not guided by an “invisible hand” of supply and …
by Martin Armstrong Official data already shows that US data centers consumed about 176 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2023, representing roughly 4.4% of total electricity demand, and that figure is expected to surge dramatically as AI and cloud infrastructure expand. This is not a linear trend. Between 2014 and 2023, power consumption from data centers more than …
Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes ABC News investigated and found more than 3,000 data centers are already operating nationwide At least 1,000 more planned Residents near data centers are seeing much as 50%+ increases on their electric bills “ABC7 has also been covering public meetings over proposed data centers and there are questions about water use …
Electricity prices hit (another) new all-time high in January… thank you data centers pic.twitter.com/QsUcHE2YVf — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) February 14, 2026 Factcheck: Yes, AI data centers contribute to rising U.S. electricity prices by increasing demand. BLS data shows prices hit $0.192/kWh in Jan 2026, a new high. Goldman Sachs notes data centers drive 40% of …
2026 will be the year when US dollar dilution—the quiet erosion of its global dominance as countries trade and pay in alternatives—starts to build momentum. The more Washington uses the dollar as a weapon, the more the world builds ways to circumvent it. America’s share of global trade has fallen from one-third in 2000 to …
Something needs to be done. Electricity prices are outpacing inflation by 2x: pic.twitter.com/H4frbMIYIM — Illiquid Insights (@IlliquidInsight) November 23, 2025
Electricity prices are surging, voters are growing angry, and the artificial intelligence industry’s data centers are increasingly a target for blame with U.S. mid-term elections on the horizon. Residential utility bills rose 6% on average nationwide in August compared with the same period in the previous year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The …
NEW – Exploding electricity and gas prices: The "energy transition" is driving Germany towards deindustrialization — NZZ pic.twitter.com/xCj6KsODTn — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) November 1, 2025 The German Federal Network Agency warns that Germany could face electricity-supply gaps by 2030 if the transition stalls, citing shortages of controllable generation and delays in grid build-out. The DIHK – …
The CPI is a joke. With these data centers popping up everywhere electricity cost is exploding. How can you even take these reports seriously anymore? https://t.co/xGpXGI2aEP — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 24, 2025 Anyone that tells you inflation is falling is a gaslighting liar. pic.twitter.com/7dkK5Qn1md — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) October 24, 2025 JUST IN: 🇺🇸 …
These are lies, pretty obvious — Citizen Watch Report (@Citizenwatchrep) October 16, 2025 Fox Business News is forced to admit that it “doesn’t feel like we are going to rebound” from dips in consumer spending, and that “the middle and lower class consumers are being squeezed," while the affluent consumers are flourishing in Trump’s America. …
Serious question, what do we think is the best trade to play for the coming power needs, that US infrastructure clearly is not ready to supply? Long PJM & ERCOT?Long Uranium? (hoping someone wakes up) — Hammer Capital (@yourfavorito) October 7, 2025 Average US electricity price over the years, per Axios: pic.twitter.com/dcdkUjbNKJ — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) …
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-data-centers-electricity-prices/ Electricity bills are going up around the US, but they’re rising even more sharply in areas located near data centers, according to an investigation into power costs by Bloomberg. The price of wholesale electricity has risen as much as 267% over the last five years in data center hot spots, according to the report, …
The lights are still on, but keeping them that way is getting expensive fast. No one in charge wants to admit how bad it has become. Electricity in the average U.S. city now costs 18 cents per kilowatt-hour. That is a 35 percent increase in five years. Prices are rising faster than wages, faster than …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Electricity demand for AI data centers is soaring. The result won’t be pretty. Consumer electricity costs from BLS, Industrial costs from Statista, chart by Mish Chart Notes: Industrial prices for 1980-2010 only for years divisible by 5. The rest are extrapolated. I estimated the consumer cost for 2025 from …
Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "At its essence, artificial intelligence takes electricity and turns it into intelligence, empowering Americans." pic.twitter.com/RGk2evy8A4 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2025 The measure to watch is “Electricity CPI”, the electricity component of the Consumer Price Index. Think of it as the government’s scoreboard for how much households pay for electric …
The grid is snapping. Not metaphorically. Not slowly. It’s breaking under unrelenting pressure, pressure from machines that never rest, never blink, never care. Data centers are not a part of the future. They are the future’s parasite. And they are feeding on your power. “Electricity prices across the country rose at more than twice the …
by Michael Do you feel knots in your stomach due to financial stress? If so, you certainly have lots of company. All of a sudden, everyone is talking about the cost of living and prices are rising by double-digit percentages all around us. There are so many people out there right now that feel like they are …
A data center was just built where this woman lives in New Jersey, she just got her first power bill “I just got my first power bill under the new rules in which I pay for AI to plug into our power grid — Is my bill more than double the highest I’ve ever paid …
via notayesmanseconomics: This morning has brought news that in many ways I consider to be welcome. Scottish wind farms were paid not to produce 37 per cent of their planned output during the first half of this year, as the electricity could not be used locally or moved to where it was needed. ( Financial …
Wyoming’s new AI data center will consume five times more electricity than the entire state’s households combined. Yet no one knows who’s behind it. Located near Cheyenne, the facility will begin with a 1.8-gigawatt capacity and expand to 10 gigawatts more than five times the power used by every home in Wyoming. “The initial 1.8-gigawatt …
China’s outbreak isn’t airborne. It’s insect-driven. But the response looks familiar—nets, drones, fines, and forced isolation. Foshan leads the case count. No one explains why it’s the epicenter. Same climate as nearby cities. Same infrastructure. No mutation confirmed. No vector density model published. “Authorities had reported more than 7,000 cases of the virus as of …