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AI data centers could drive up electricity bills for millions of Asian Americans

The latest PJM capacity auction found that soaring electricity demand from AI data centers is helping keep wholesale power costs near record highs.

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Jul 17, 2026
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Electricity customers in several states with large Asian American populations could face higher bills after PJM Interconnection’s latest capacity auction produced near-record costs for securing capacity to meet peak demand.

Monitoring Analytics, PJM’s independent market monitor, estimated that projected data center demand acco…

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