Your ChatGPT addiction might soon come with scheduled blackouts because AI data centers are slurping electricity like it’s an all-you-can-drink buffet. PJM’s grid (serving 67 million people) is staring down rolling outages during heat waves and polar vortexes, thanks to Virginia’s Data Center Alley turning into a power vampire convention. Tech bros keep building server farms faster than anyone can build new plants. Soon your AC, lights, and Netflix could take a backseat to training the next meme generator. Welcome to the future—hope you like candles.
AI Data Centers Pushing Electric Grid Into Meltdown
