What Will Power California’s AI Future
Source: CalMatters Live | By Alejandro Lazo
As California races to break its dependence on fossil fuels and expand clean energy, a new power player is emerging: data centers. Driven by the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, these energy-hungry facilities are reshaping the state’s electricity landscape.
Mark: “TURN is a consumer advocacy organization that fights for the customers of the investor-owned utilities. We believe in the cleanest, safest energy at the most affordable price so we say we want the most green for the least green. One of our major concerns is the affordability crisis and PG&E’s residential bills have doubled in five years. We want to make sure that with this affordability crisis that the growth of data centers doesn’t end up with even more skyrocketing bills. There certainly needs to be more transparency when it comes to data center energy usage.
