13.05.2026 • 4 Min.

The number of the week is $1.4 billion — that's how much extra US residential households are paying on their electricity bills per year as a direct result of data-center demand. Against this backdrop, preparing energy infrastructure for AI and addressing community concerns is as urgent as building the AI infrastructure itself. Find out more about the energy costs of the US AI boom in this week's episode of the Tomorrow podcast. This content was generated by AI with the oversight of Allianz Research.