Data centers need electricity fast, but utilities need years to build power plants – who should pay?

By: Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: December 12, 2025

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Last Updated: 4 weeks, 2 days ago

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By Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida

The amount of electricity data centers use in the U.S. in the coming years is expected to be significant. But regular reports of proposals for new ones and cancellations of planned ones mean that it’s difficult to know exactly how many data centers will actually be built and how much electricity might be required to run them.

As a researcher of energy policy who has

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