AI needs a lot of energy — and a new Bloomberg investigation has found that those soaring costs are being passed on to consumers who live near data centers.

On today’s Big Take podcast, host David Gura talks to Bloomberg reporters Josh Saul and Leonardo Nicoletti about the AI boom’s impact on power bills, how utility companies are handling surging demand and the implications for communities with centers in their backyards.

Read more: AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

AI needs a lot of energy &mdash; and a new Bloomberg investigation has found that those soaring costs are being passed on to consumers who live near data centers.
On today&rsquo;s Big Take podcast, host David Gura talks to Bloomberg reporters Josh Saul and Leonardo Nicoletti about the AI boom&rsquo;s impact on power bills, how utility companies are handling surging demand and the implications for communities with centers in their backyards.
Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-data-centers-electricity-prices/?srnd=undefined">AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring</a>

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Big Take: AI data centers use a lot of energy. You may be paying for it

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Miatta Fahnbulleh, the UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, discusses the country's energy transition, the push for affordable and secure power and the UK’s role in the global climate action with Bloomberg's Aaron Rutkoff at Bloomberg Green New York 2026.

Watch the video of this conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdgTzMIgS9g

Miatta Fahnbulleh, the UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, discusses the country's energy transition, the push for affordable and secure power and the UK&rsquo;s role in the global climate action with Bloomberg's Aaron Rutkoff at Bloomberg Green New York 2026.
Watch the video of this conversation here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdgTzMIgS9g">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdgTzMIgS9g</a>

UK energy secretary on net zero and cheaper power: live from New York

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How to make electricity cheap is a question that’s bedeviling policy makers around the world, particularly in the US and Europe. Some countries, however, have figured it out, including Iceland, Norway and China. So how do we get to that point? And what is the role of government versus the role of technology? This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi is joined by Arthur Downing, author of Power and the People, to discuss how to build an electrostate.

Explore further:
Read Arthur’s Substack: https://energynetworks.substack.com/
Find a copy of Arthur’s book: https://amzn.eu/d/0dSrRHty 

Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd. Special thanks to Sommer Saadi and Alyssa McDonald. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

How to make electricity cheap is a question that&rsquo;s bedeviling policy makers around the world, particularly in the US and Europe. Some countries, however, have figured it out, including Iceland, Norway and China. So how do we get to that point? And what is the role of government versus the role of technology? This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi is joined by Arthur Downing, author of Power and the People, to discuss how to build an electrostate.
Explore further:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Read Arthur&rsquo;s Substack: <a href="https://energynetworks.substack.com/">https://energynetworks.substack.com/</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Find a copy of Arthur&rsquo;s book: <a href="https://amzn.eu/d/0dSrRHty">https://amzn.eu/d/0dSrRHty</a>&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd. Special thanks to Sommer Saadi and Alyssa McDonald. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">https://www.bloomberg.com/green</a>.

How to build an electrostate

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When it comes to green tech, China is a list of superlatives. It produces more solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles and batteries than anywhere else in the world. But is finance the real climate hero? This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi is joined by Ma Jun, chairman of the Hong Kong Green Finance Association and former chief economist of China’s central bank. They discuss how the country became a green-finance superpower and how other nations can speed up their own transitions. 

Explore further:
The Hong Kong Green Finance Association website 
China’s $6.8 Trillion Green Finance Boom Seen Advancing Further - Bloomberg

Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd. Special thanks to Sommer Saadi and Alyssa McDonald. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

When it comes to green tech, China is a list of superlatives. It produces more solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles and batteries than anywhere else in the world. But is finance the real climate hero? This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi is joined by Ma Jun, chairman of the Hong Kong Green Finance Association and former chief economist of China&rsquo;s central bank. They discuss how the country became a green-finance superpower and how other nations can speed up their own transitions.&nbsp;
Explore further:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">The Hong Kong Green Finance Association <a href="https://www.hkgreenfinance.org/">website</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-29/china-s-6-8-trillion-green-finance-boom-seen-advancing-further">China&rsquo;s $6.8 Trillion Green Finance Boom Seen Advancing Further - Bloomberg</a></li>
</ul>
Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd. Special thanks to Sommer Saadi and Alyssa McDonald. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">https://www.bloomberg.com/green</a>.

Inside China’s $7 trillion green finance market

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Big Take: AI data centers use a lot of energy. You may be paying for it

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