by Audrey Streb
The Daily Caller
Electricity demand may be surging more than initially thought, according to a new BloombergNEF analysis, and some Senate Democrats are pinning data center-linked cost increases on President Donald Trump.
Artificial intelligence (AI) data center electricity demand is forecasted to be 36 percent higher by 2035 than previously projected by BloombergNEF, according to the Monday analysis. The report details difficulties in balancing America’s AI race with affordability and grid reliability, a concern local, state and federal politicians have highlighted.
Steve Milloy, senior fellow at the Energy and Environment Legal Institute, told the DCNF that Big Tech “failed to foresee its own electricity needs” as it played the “cheerleader for green energy.” Milloy continued to say that Democrat policies are at fault for the impending grid crisis despite their determination to point the finger at Trump and others, including grid operators, utilities and Big Tech.
“Utility managements and the wind and solar industry profiteered from taxpayer subsidies earmarked for unreliable technology everyone knew would be inadequate for increased demand. None of this was a ‘mistake’ so much as it was folly and fraud,” Milloy told the DCNF. “President Trump bears no responsibility for soaring electricity prices. Democrats and the Green New Scam industries own that. Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act that provided more than a trillion dollars in taxpayer money for the wind turbines, solar panels and utility batteries that have weakened our grid,” Milloy said. “The grid was already in trouble even before the Green New Scam and recent AI boom.”
