People are paying thousands of dollars a month for electricity bills because AI data centers are consuming large amounts of electricity.

Bernie Sanders believes that AI data centers will never be an asset to the grid given the enormous amount of electricity they consume, despite potential savings from slowing down at peak times.

Bernie Sanders states that AI data centers have impacts on scarce water resources, cause noise pollution, and often run on fossil fuels, contributing to climate change.

Hank Green suggests that AI data centers should be required to turn off during moments of peak electricity demand to prevent the need for expensive grid expansion and to avoid subsidizing their additions through everyone's power bills.

Four AI companies are spending almost $700 billion this year to build data centers across the United States.

Creating an AI model would cost millions of dollars in infrastructure.