San Jose energy storage power station investment scale

Should San Jose buy more power?

In San Jose, city energy officials say they are reluctant to procure additional power until they know which projects will actually be built. “We do not want to buy more power than we need,” said panelist Lori Mitchell, director of San Jose Clean Energy, the city’s publicly-owned electricity provider. “That’s job No. 1.”

Will California's data-center boom reshape the fight over electricity bills?

California’s data-center boom is reshaping the fight over electricity bills, exposing a divide over whether these new customers will lower costs — or drive them higher for everyone else. PG&E argues that adding large users like data centers can lower rates because fixed grid costs would be spread across more customers.

Could data centers for AI triple San Jose's energy use?

Data centers for AI could nearly triple San Jose’s energy use. Who foots the bill? | AP News Data centers for AI could nearly triple San Jose’s energy use. Who foots the bill? San Jose, the symbolic capital of Silicon Valley, is now ground zero in California’s battle over how to govern the rise of data centers used to power artificial intelligence.

Will data-center growth leave Californians paying for grid upgrades?

The Public Advocates Office, an independent consumer watchdog within the California Public Utilities Commission, recently warned that rapid data-center growth could leave Californians paying for billions of dollars in grid upgrades if projects never materialize or use far less power than promised.