With July and August come the dog days of summer, when electricity demand surges. The demand for cooling adds to the “business as usual” electricity needed to keep our economy humming.

In Pennsylvania, this increasingly means electricity needed to power Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centers. And that demand is only going to grow. What that will means for electricity customers is unclear.

AI power hogs

The state currently ranks 13th in its number of data centers. With recent regulation changes and incoming commitments, the growth may soon take off.

Amazon recently announced a $20 billion investment for two new large data centers. And $90 billion of private sector investment was announced at the Pennsylvania Energy & Innovation Summit. The companies promised job creation, workforce d

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