US Vice President JD Vance said at the All-In Summit that US AI data centers are facing increasing opposition, largely because power supply hasn't kept pace. Residents see data centers being built continuously while their own electricity bills keep rising—naturally leading to backlash. He believes the solution isn't building fewer data centers, but expanding power generation capacity simultaneously. Vance said the US failed to build sufficient power infrastructure over the past generation and should aim for a future where 'electricity is cheap enough not to be metered.' He also compared the US to China, arguing that the country's slow power growth in recent years has already impacted the development of new industries such as AI. 'Cheaper than metering' is an old slogan from the history of nuclear energy in the US. In 1954, Lewis Strauss, chairman of the US Atomic Energy Commission, used it to describe the era of cheap electricity brought by atomic energy. According to IEA estimates, data centers will account for about half of the US' additional electricity demand in 2025; this week, the US Congress is advancing legislation aimed at preventing grid costs from being passed on to ordinary households due to data center expansion. [ChainCatcher]