All Content from Business Insider 前天 17:29
If you live in one of these 13 states, you might have a higher electric bill next year. Blame data centers.
index_new5.html
../../../zaker_core/zaker_tpl_static/wap/tpl_guoji1.html

 

美国大部分地区的电力价格正因数据中心的激增而上涨。批发电力价格已较2024年上涨22%,创下新纪录。倡导者警告称,大型科技公司对能源的巨大需求正直接影响消费者的钱包。PJM互联区域(覆盖6700万用户)的客户明年电费账单可能上涨多达5%。数据中心扩张被认为是导致电价上涨的主要原因,预计到2035年,美国电力需求年增长率将达到2.5%,其中大部分由数据中心驱动。有观点认为,目前的电力监管未能有效保护居民用户,加剧了能源可负担性危机。

📈 数据中心扩张是电价上涨的主要驱动力:美国PJM互联区域的批发电力价格较2024年上涨了22%,预计明年用户电费账单将上涨5%。这主要归因于AI数据中心对电力需求的急剧增长,尤其是在北弗吉尼亚等数据中心聚集区以及俄亥俄州哥伦布等快速扩张的地区。

💡 科技巨头能源需求影响消费者:大型科技公司(Big Tech)的数据中心能源需求激增,已成为推高电价的关键因素。银行家预测,到2035年,美国电力需求年增长率将达到2.5%,其中数据中心是主要贡献者,这使得居民用户的电费上涨速度超过了通货膨胀率。

⚖️ 能源监管面临挑战:马里兰州人民代表大卫·拉普指出,当前电力监管体系未能有效保护居民用户和小企业,导致大量财富从普通消费者转移到大型科技公司和电力公司。他呼吁州和联邦监管机构介入,解决能源可负担性危机。

The sun sets behind power transmission lines in Texas, on July 11, 2022.

Your electric bills may have shot up in recent months, and you might be tempted to blame your roommate, who never turns the lights off, or your old window air conditioner unit.

It's not because of your roommate. It's not your window unit. It's actually Big Tech's fault.

Customers of the biggest regional power grid operator in the US could see their bills go up next year, largely due to skyrocketing demand for electricity coming from AI data centers.

Last week, PJM Interconnection closed its annual capacity auction with prices for wholesale electric capacity up 22% from 2024, another record-breaking year. As a result, monthly electric bills in PJM's territory, which covers 67 million customers, could increase up to 5% next year, the grid operator said.

PJM Interconnection territory spans thirteen states from the Midwest to the East Coast— including all or parts of Delaware, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

Every year, PJM's summer auction determines the cost of wholesale electricity for the following year. Though its territory doesn't cover the entire US, the energy industry looks at the PJM auction as a bellwether for electricity prices for the entire country.

PJM's territory includes Data Center Alley in Northern Virginia, home to the world's biggest concentration of data centers. It also includes areas of the country where data centers are rapidly expanding, such as Columbus, Ohio. The grid operator identified data center expansion as the primary driver of demand in its territory, which caused the jump in wholesale electricity prices.

After a decade of little to no growth, electricity demand in the US is expected to grow 2.5% annually through 2035, driven largely by data centers, according to the Bank of America Institute.

Utility bills are climbing faster than the pace of inflation, according to the US Energy Information Administration. That trend is expected to continue through the next year.

In Maryland, People's Counsel David Lapp has been urging state and federal regulators to intervene on behalf of residential utility customers and small businesses.

"We are witnessing a massive transfer of wealth from residential utility customers to large corporations—data centers and large utilities and their corporate parents, which profit from building additional energy infrastructure," said Lapp. "Utility regulation is failing to protect residential customers, contributing to an energy affordability crisis."

Got a tip for this reporter? Contact Ellen Thomas at ethomas@insider.com.

Read the original article on Business Insider

Fish AI Reader

Fish AI Reader

AI辅助创作,多种专业模板,深度分析,高质量内容生成。从观点提取到深度思考,FishAI为您提供全方位的创作支持。新版本引入自定义参数,让您的创作更加个性化和精准。

FishAI

FishAI

鱼阅,AI 时代的下一个智能信息助手,助你摆脱信息焦虑

联系邮箱 441953276@qq.com

相关标签

数据中心 电价 AI 能源需求 科技巨头
相关文章