The Impact of AI Data Centers on Your Power Costs

As a nation, we’re now pouring more money into building and powering data centers than we once spent constructing the entire interstate highway system — and that’s after adjusting for inflation. With tech companies investing hundreds of billions into AI, data centers have quickly become a major force in the U.S. economy.

But that rapid expansion brings big questions. Where will all the electricity needed to run these facilities come from? And how much of the rising cost is being passed on to everyday households?

In today’s episode, we head to Ohio to follow one homeowner’s electric bill back to the source,
uncovering what’s actually driving the sharp increases people are experiencing. We tour one of the country’s busiest data-center regions and dig into how utility companies determine the prices customers ultimately pay.