Electricity bills are rising, but how much of the AI-fueled demand surge for power is real? As it turns out, we don't really know.Power pylons in blue sky by zhu difeng via Adobe Stock
Read full articleHow ‘Phantom’ Data Center Projects Are Making It Impossible to Forecast AI Power Demand — ‘Grid Operators Don’t Know Which Ones Are Real’
Written on 08/12/2026
Sarah Holzmann

