What Does a Data Center Mean for Your Electric Bill?

A new data center has been proposed in your community. As a homeowner or community leader, you deserve to understand how this could affect the electricity costs for you and your neighbors. This tool shows you the real numbers.

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The Bottom Line for Your Household

Based on a 2.0 GW data center in a utility territory that serves 560,000 residential customers, here's what your monthly bill could look like in 10 years:

Your Bill Today

$130

per month

Without Data Center

$202

in 10 years

Normal rate increases

With Firm Load DC

$205

in 10 years

+2.86/mo vs baseline

With Optimized DC

BEST

$192

in 10 years

-9.62/mo vs baseline

1 Data Center

300,000 Homes

The Scale

One large data center uses as much power as 300,000 homes

How Costs Flow to Your Bill

DC Needs Power

Utility Builds

Costs Shared

Your Bill

Design Determines Impact

How a data center operates matters more than its size

Firm Load

Always on, no flex

Highest cost

Flexible

Reduces at peaks

Lower cost

Optimized

Flex + onsite gen

Lowest cost

What Matters Most

Peak demand drives infrastructure costs

Flexibility can cut impact dramatically

Your voice at the PUC shapes outcomes

Take Action

Attend utility commission hearings

Ask about flexibility requirements

Demand transparent cost allocation

Customize for Your Community

Enter your utility's actual numbers to see a more accurate projection for your specific situation.

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Understand the Math

All our calculations are based on publicly available data. Review our methodology and sources.

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Open Source & Community Driven

This tool is free, open source, and not affiliated with any data center company or utility. Our goal is to provide objective information so communities can make informed decisions.

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