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The AI revolution is likely to drive up your electricity bill. Here's why.

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Data centers are projected to increase electricity demand by 16% by 2029 , a report says.

The number of data centers in the U.S. nearly doubled between 2021 and 2024 , environmental groups say.

The growth of "generative" AI companies are consuming vast amounts of electricity to train so-called Large Language Models .

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