Data centers are driving up power bills—a new study looks at how bad it could get

New research suggests electricity demand from data centers and cryptocurrency mining is likely to increase power costs in some parts of the country by up to 57% by 2030, with a national average increase of 6%-29%. Electricity demand related to data centers is also likely to increase CO2 emissions by up to 28% by 2030, relative to a future with no data center growth, according to the analysis from North Carolina State University, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Toronto. The paper, "Power System Costs and Emissions from Data Center and Cryptocurrency Mining Expansion in the United States," is published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

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