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  "description": "AI exposed the limits of the U.S. grid, and nuclear power became Washington’s answer.\n",
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  "publishedAt": "2025-12-09T20:58:14.000Z",
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    "_****One Carr driving the Federal Communications Commission****_",
    "_****Two superpowers racing toward AI superintelligence dominance****_",
    "_****Three branches of government (and some formerly independent agencies)****_",
    "_****Four programs with Universal Service Funds****_",
    "_****56 states and territories without digital equity grants****_",
    "_****Less than 6 months for a broadband permit****_",
    "_****Data center-powered electricity bills up 70 percent****_",
    "_****800 megahertz of spectrum to sell at auction****_",
    "_****$9 billion + 12 billion (or $21 billion) in BEAD remaining funds****_",
    "_****Not even $10/month for an affordable connectivity program****_",
    "_****Through BEAD and broadband, 110 million locations served****_",
    "_****More than 1200 megahertz of spectrum for unlicensed wireless****_",
    "_****Click to read each of the 12 Days of Broadband articles!****_",
    "_make your electric bill go up by 70 percent_",
    "_the largest industrial data center facilities_",
    "_emergency energy laws_",
    "_unprecedented spending increases_",
    "_question whether the benefits_",
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  "textContent": "_Editor's Note: Published on Dec. 9, 2025; republished on Jan. 1, 2026._\n\nFor years, Americans imagined the virtual cloud as abstract – floating somewhere beyond the limits of physical infrastructure.\n\n#### 12 Days of Broadband 2025 (click to open)\n\n  * _****On the First Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****One Carr driving the Federal Communications Commission****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Second Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Two superpowers racing toward AI superintelligence dominance****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Third Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Three branches of government (and some formerly independent agencies)****__****.****_\n  * _****On the Fourth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Four programs with Universal Service Funds****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Fifth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****56 states and territories without digital equity grants****_.\n  * _****On the Sixth Day of Broadband, my true level sent to me:****__****Less than 6 months for a broadband permit****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Seventh Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Data center-powered electricity bills up 70 percent****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Eighth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****800 megahertz of spectrum to sell at auction****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Ninth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****$9 billion + 12 billion (or $21 billion) in BEAD remaining funds****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Tenth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Not even $10/month for an affordable connectivity program****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Eleventh Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****Through BEAD and broadband, 110 million locations served****_ _****.****_\n  * _****On the Twelfth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me:****__****More than 1200 megahertz of spectrum for unlicensed wireless****_ _****.****_\n\n\n\n_****Click to read each of the 12 Days of Broadband articles!****_\n\nIn 2025, the demand for artificial intelligence stripped away that illusion, exposing the hard physical limits of a digital economy built on enormous quantities of power and land. There’s some evidence that data centers could _make your electric bill go up by 70 percent_.\n\nThe biggest tech companies broke ground on some of _the largest industrial data center facilities_ ever constructed. Triggering states to enact _emergency energy laws_ to keep pace with data-center load. Utilities asked for _unprecedented spending increases_ to meet demand. And, communities began to _question whether the benefits_ of hyperscale development justified the costs.\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Data Centers Dramatically Drive Up Energy Needs",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-11T05:41:35.582Z"
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