By Ananya Gairola
Publication Date: 2026-05-13 08:08:00
On Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) launched a renewed push to examine whether the rapid expansion of AI data centers run by major technology companies is driving up electricity costs for American households.
Warren Raises Alarm Over AI Power Consumption
In a post on X, Warren said that “a single AI data center uses as much electricity as 100,000 households.”
She argued that utility companies are shifting infrastructure upgrade costs onto consumers instead of Big Tech firms.
“Utility companies are passing the upgrade costs to you, not to the trillion-dollar tech giants,” she wrote, adding, “These companies need to pay their costs.”
A single AI data center uses as much electricity as 100,000 households—and utility companies are passing the upgrade costs to you, not to the trillion-dollar tech giants.
I’ve opened an investigation. These companies need to pay their costs.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) May 12, 2026
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