Hidden costs of using AI!

Computerworld.com reported that “AI is a machine that eats resources. It eats chips. It eats electricity. It eats water, land, labor, and building materials. AI’s gluttony creates scarcity, and scarcity creates inflation.”  The June 22, 2026 article entitled " The AI revolution comes with a hidden tax” (https://www.computerworld.com/article/4186923/the-ai-revolution-comes-with-a-hidden-tax.html) included the comments about #4 “Electricity costs more”:

AI data centers draw power the way a city does, pushing US residential electricity prices up roughly 5% on an annual average basis in 2025. That’s nearly double the general inflation rate of 2.7%.

Wholesale electricity prices near data center clusters have more than doubled since 2020. Goldman Sachs says electricity inflation will hover around 6% through 2027. 

The utilities build new power plants and transmission lines to serve these data centers, then hand the bill to everyone on the grid. You pay for AI’s appetite, whether you use AI or not. 

Your heating bill goes up, too, because the same natural gas that warms your home is being burned to generate power for data centers.

Here is the whole list of all 9 hidden costs:

1.      Your gadgets cost more

2.      Software costs more

3.      Services cost more

4.      Electricity costs more

5.      Your car costs more

6.      Your house costs more

7.      Everything costs more

8.      Food costs more

9.      Taxes cost more

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