Artificial intelligence (AI) is eating up more and more energy all the time as large language models become increasingly complex and pervasive. In the United States, nearly half of all growth in electricity demand between now and 2030 will come from data centers, driven by the AI boom. But the problem isn’t your daily queries to ChatGPT – it’s indiscriminate AI integration in technologies and services that are far outside the end-users' control. Yet, it’s consumers who are footing the bill for soaring energy demand. …