As tech companies race to power data centers to support artificial intelligence services, some Americans are reporting spikes in their electricity bills.

The Trump administration recently released an “AI Action Plan,” which vowed to expedite permitting for the construction of energy-intensive data centers. During the unveiling of the plan, President Trump acknowledged the growing need for power to run these centers, which are being built across the country by companies like Google, Amazon and Microsoft.

New reporting by the Washington Post suggests consumers are seeing a spike in their energy bills because of these data centers. According to the report, customers in the areas serviced by PJM Interconnection have seen their electricity bills increase. In Ohio, prices are up between 10 per

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