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What Andy Masley thinks about energy

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Writer on AI and the environment, publishing long quantitative posts at blog.andymasley.com that check the arithmetic behind claims about what data centres do to local water, land and electricity.

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3 dated positions, 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Andy Masley has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingThe 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.

    ↗Data centers & electricity - part 1: as of 2025 they haven't raised national pricesblog.andymasley.com 1st of 3 in this piece

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  3. Our readingData 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.

    ↗Data centers & electricity - part 1: as of 2025 they haven't raised national pricesblog.andymasley.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

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  5. Our readingThat 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.

    ↗Data centers & electricity - part 1: as of 2025 they haven't raised national pricesblog.andymasley.com 3rd of 3 in this piece

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