We Need to Uberize the Power Grid for AI: Liam Denning

One-in-six US households have fallen behind on their utility bills. Typically, if something is too expensive, the answer is to use less of it. With electricity, however, the answer is to use more — provided we use it more intelligently, too.

Plug prices are the new pump prices when it comes to energy anxieties. President Donald Trump campaigned on halving the cost of energy for Americans. But fast-rising bills featured prominently in recent Republican electoral drubbings, including an upset victory for two Democrats on Georgia’s Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities.

Power-hungry datacenters are often blamed for higher bills, with the recent spike in capacity ...