POLICY CLAIM UNDER TEST: "President Trump says new AI data centers will build their own power plants… helping lower electricity costs for consumers." — Fox News, Jul 23 2026

Can AI Data Centers Really Power Themselves?

Drag the IT load, PUE, and behind-the-meter nameplate sliders. Watch the Sankey redistribute power flow in real time. Stress-test whether co-located power plants actually lower consumer electricity costs — or just shift them.

Facility & Grid

Data center IT load 500 MW

GPU + accelerator + storage power draw

PUE — power usage effectiveness 1.20

Total facility ÷ IT load. 1.0 = free-cooling perfection

Behind-the-meter nameplate 500 MW

Co-located generation. 0 MW = 100% grid exposure.

Industrial grid rate $85 / MWh

Wholesale tariff for grid imports

Live Power Flow · Sankey

Generation Mix

Drag to redistribute nameplate across co-located sources.

Gas peaker 70%

Nuclear SMR 0%

Fuel cell 30%

Solar + storage 0%

Scenario Presets

Jump to a typical configuration. All sliders update instantly.