Utilities are increasingly reporting that energy demand is going up really significantly, that they're going to need to build more infrastructure, and that they're in fact having trouble keeping up with that demand. But the question is, why is the demand going up so much? That's what I try to unpack in my article. In the course of doing that, I find out that there's all kind of monkey business going on with projections about increasing demand. It is definitely true that energy required by data centers is. Gargantuan, but it's also not exactly clear exactly how much energy these programs use. That lack of transparency is legitimating all sorts of backroom deals between utilities and big tech that are leaving the public on the hook for increasing rates. Given how inflated everything is, from housing to food, the last thing people need is to not be able to afford to keep their lights on or to warm in their homes.