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Data centers & electricity - part 1: as of 2025 they haven't raised national prices

Andy Masley · 10 Oct 2025 · blog.andymasley.com ↗

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  1. Our reading

    The American states with the fastest electricity load growth saw prices fall rather than rise.

    Their wordsA Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory study found that state-level load growth from 2019 to 2024 — including growth driven by data centers, manufacturing, and electrification — was associated with lower average retail electricity prices, not higher ones.
    Interesting

  2. Our reading

    Data centres had not raised the average American household's electricity bill as of 2025; inflation and the gas-price shock did.

    Their wordsThis is the first conclusion of my deep dive: Data centers have (so far) not affected national average household electricity bills.
    Interesting

  3. Our reading

    That data centres have not raised national electricity prices so far is no promise that they never will.

    Their wordsThis is not to say that data centers won’t affect national prices in the future.
    Interesting