As China launches an AI Manhattan Project, US AI Support is buckling under High Energy Prices

Essay by Eric Worrall “… While American AI researchers struggle with a fragile power grid, Chinese developers now treat energy availability as a solved problem. …” Here’s what’s happening to electricity prices PUBLISHED FRI, NOV 14 20252:49 PM ESTUPDATED MON, NOV 17 20251:26 PM EST Spencer Kimball @SPENCEKIMBALL Gabriel Cortés Electricity prices are surging, voters are growing angry, and the artificial intelligence industry’s data centers are increasingly a target for blame with U.S. mid-term elections on the horizon. Residential utility bills rose 6% on average nationwide in August compared with the same period in the previous year, according to the…