"Demand is surging due in large part to data centers dedicated to artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency, and as homes and businesses use more electricity and less fossil fuels for heat and transportation."

It would be informative to know what the 'AI' part of it is, because now it just seems like engagement bait.

> It would be informative to know what the 'AI' part of it is

AI is > 90% of new capacity requirements. Crypto energy use is actually falling after some coins moved away from proof of work, especially after ethereum did.

> because now it just seems like engagement bait.

Well, you're shooting at the messenger here, why don't you find that information yourself and let us know? I tried and it's very hard - the various state governments talk about new electric capacity, data centers, and "jobs, jobs, jobs" without revealing what part of the new capacity would go to what consumers, or how many millions of investment will be needed per single job.

The info for Utah - projected increase of households electric bills to cover the capex for new power plants - greater than $500/year in the next several years - all of it to power humongous new AI data centers.