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January 21, 2026

White House, governors look to fix AI-driven power shortages and price spikes

By BEN FINLEY and MARC LEVY
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration and a bipartisan group of governors on Friday tried to step up pressure on the operator of the nation's largest electric grid to take urgent steps to boost power supplies and keep electricity bills from rising even higher.

Administration officials said doing so is essential to win the artificial intelligence race against China, even as voters raise concerns about the enormous amount of power data centers use and analysts warn of the growing possibility of blackouts in the mid-Atlantic grid in the coming years.


 
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