
Slate Money - What’s A.I. Doing to Our Energy Bills?
Published: July 18, 2026
Duration: 53:55
This week: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul put a statewide moratorium on building A.I. data centers. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck discuss the decision and how the rush to build data centers is driving up energy costs. Then, the hosts explain how a new law–which removes an existing requirement for mobile-home construction–might help the affordable-housing crisis. And finally:what the hell is going on in the South Korean stock market?
In the Slate Plus episode: Banks are making bank.
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