Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
AI’s Secret Impact on Your Power Bill. Head over to eightsleep.com/mattferrell and use the code MATT to get $700 off your Pod 5 Ultra through December 1st. Electricity bills have been climbing across the US, but the AI boom is making it worse. A lot worse. New data centers are popping up everywhere to handle ChatGPT, Gemini, and countless other AI tools. And here's the kicker: you're helping pay for them whether you use AI or not. In Columbus, Ohio, residential customers saw their bills jump by $27 a month this summer. Philadelphia went up $17. Washington D.C., $21. You may not be using more power, but utilities are building massive infrastructure for data centers and passing those costs onto you. How much is this AI blitz really costing us? And what can we actually do about it?
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Chapters
00:00 - Intro
03:19 - Why is this happening?
09:58 - The Real Costs
11:53 - What can we do?
12:16 - What Regulators Are Doing
13:15 - What Utilities Are Doing
14:21 - What Companies Are Doing
AI’s Secret Impact on Your Power Bill. Head over to eightsleep.com/mattferrell and use the code MATT to get $700 off your Pod 5 Ultra through December 1st. Electricity bills have been climbing across the US, but the AI boom is making it worse. A lot worse. New data centers are popping up everywhere to handle ChatGPT, Gemini, and countless other AI tools. And here's the kicker: you're helping pay for them whether you use AI or not. In Columbus, Ohio, residential customers saw their bills jump by $27 a month this summer. Philadelphia went up $17. Washington D.C., $21. You may not be using more power, but utilities are building massive infrastructure for data centers and passing those costs onto you. How much is this AI blitz really costing us? And what can we actually do about it?
Watch Is It Time To Start Cooking with Magnets? youtu.be/X440BHdy35g?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi7oiN-erZtwugd0muTdQXnU
Video script and citations:
https://undecided.tech/ais-secret-impact-on-your-power-bill/
Get my achieve energy security with solar guide:
undecided.link/solar-guide
Follow-up podcast:
Video version - youtube.com/channel/UC4-aWB84Bupf5hxGqrwYqLA
Audio version - undecided.link/stilltbd-podcast
Join the Undecided Discord server:
undecided.link/discord
👋 Support Undecided on Patreon!
patreon.com/mattferrell
⚙️ Gear & Products I Like
https://undecided.tech/shop/
Visit my Energysage Portal (US):
Research solar panels, heat pumps, and more to get quotes for free!
undecided.link/energysage
For a curated solar buying experience (Canada)
EnergyPal's free personalized quotes:
undecided.link/energypal
👉 Follow Me
Mastodon
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Website
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Some music provided by Epidemic Sound
undecided.link/epidemic
I may earn a small commission for my endorsement or recommendation to products or services linked above, but I wouldn't put them here if I didn't like them. Your purchase helps support the channel and the videos I produce. Thank you.
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
03:19 - Why is this happening?
09:58 - The Real Costs
11:53 - What can we do?
12:16 - What Regulators Are Doing
13:15 - What Utilities Are Doing
14:21 - What Companies Are Doing
