Big Tech’s artificial intelligence craze is about to crush America’s power grid. New data shows AI data centers could devour up to 12 percent of all U.S. electricity by 2028. That’s enough power to run entire states like Virginia or Ohio.
The numbers are absolutely staggering and should terrify every American family. AI data centers used just 4 gigawatts of power in 2024 but will explode to 123 gigawatts by 2035. That’s a mind-blowing thirty-fold increase in just eleven years.
Silicon Valley elites keep pushing their fancy AI toys while regular Americans will pay the price. These massive data centers are already accounting for 3.5 percent of all electricity use today. By 2035, they’ll double that to nearly 9 percent of everything we consume.
The worst part is how these tech billionaires lecture us about climate change while building the biggest energy hogs in history. Training just one AI model like GPT-4 required 30 megawatts of power. Some new data centers will need 2,000 megawatts each – that’s 2 full gigawatts per facility.
Who do you think will pay for all this extra electricity demand? Not the tech moguls in their private jets. Working families across America will see their power bills skyrocket as utilities scramble to meet this insane demand.
The AI boom is creating energy gluttons that make electric vehicles look like toy cars. AI servers alone jumped from using 2 terawatt-hours in 2017 to 40 terawatt-hours in 2023. That’s twenty times more power in just six years.
These same companies that banned conservative voices now want to hog America’s electricity for their computer games. They’re building 50,000-acre data center campuses that could consume 5 full gigawatts each. That’s bigger than most nuclear power plants.
Washington needs to wake up before Big Tech crashes our entire electrical system. Americans deserve affordable, reliable power for their homes and businesses. We shouldn’t sacrifice our energy security so tech elites can play with their expensive AI toys.
