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Audra Carpenter · Aug 7, 2026

The AI Energy Bill Is Coming Due

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Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter

Your AI tools are about to get a price hike and most marketers aren’t ready for it.

Here’s what nobody’s talking about: data centers will quadruple electricity use by 2035. That infrastructure cost lands directly on your subscription fees. The insider move right now:

• Build 30-40% cost increases into your AI tool budget for the next two years

• Separate mission-critical tools from “sounds cool in meetings” tools TODAY

• Document hard ROI metrics for every AI line item before finance comes knocking

The free experimentation phase is over. The operators who survive the price spike already know exactly what’s worth keeping. Which AI tool would you cut first if prices doubled overnight? Drop it below.

Stop calling your AI stack “essential” if you can’t prove it on paper.

Read the original on audracarpenter.substack.com

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