AI power forecasts may be inflated—and ratepayers could foot the bill

Quartz’s six-part Power Play podcast examines AI’s electricity needs and the infrastructure bottlenecks involved. The outlet says America’s grid runs at about half its capacity, while new data centers face bureaucratic hurdles. It also reports that utilities are making billion-dollar grid decisions based on demand forecasts that may be wildly inflated—and that ratepayers could foot the bill if those forecasts are wrong.