Commentary: It’s time to halt the AI data center boom | Counterpoint – Orlando Sentinel

Food & Water Watch managing director Mitch Jones traces how AI data center energy demand is set to triple by 2030, reaching 580 terawatt-hours annually — 12 percent of total U.S. demand. Residential electricity rates rise 31 percent from 2020 to 2025 as utilities request $31 billion in rate increases driven largely by new data center load.