Growing Data Center Demand Tests America’s Electric Grid

Growing Data Center Demand Tests America’s Electric Grid

America’s power grid may not be able to keep pace with Big Tech’s race to build artificial intelligence data centers. Private spending on data center construction jumped about 64.5 percent after inflation from Aug. 2025 to Aug. 2026, to an annual rate of roughly $85 billion, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data by economist Jason Furman shared in an Oct. 7 post on X. Industry leaders say the power needed to run data centers may be slow…

America’s electric grid could throw wrench in big tech’s AI dreams

America’s power grid may not be able to keep pace with Big Tech’s race to build artificial intelligence data centers. Private spending on data center construction jumped […]