AI is no longer just a technology issue. It is an energy issue. It is a permitting issue. It is a transmission issue. It is a manufacturing issue. Increasingly, it…
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Backlash Against AI Data Centers Is Real, Organic, Widespread
All the money in the world from Big Tech and their allies in Washington, D.C., won’t make a difference. Only a real and sustained demonstration that we are on the right…
Why Scandinavia Can Become the Next Epicenter of Global Data Centers
The Nordics are not just positioning themselves to win the data center race. They are assembling the energy, climate, and governance advantages that will anchor the next era of AI…
AI: Peak Demand and Peak Supply Postponed (fossil future)
Age-old fears of declining fossil fuel supply and falling demand have, once again, been upended by the engines of progress. The anti-CO2 crusade, futile and wasteful, has been set back…
America Is Selling AI Subscriptions. China Is Selling Ownership.
Export promotion is in the national interest. Policies that increase the supply of American compute, enable open models, encourage private investment, and broaden access for startups, researchers, and allies will…
Call It What It Is: Texas Didn’t Order an Audit. It Ordered a Pause.
The real test isn’t whether Texas audits these projects. It should. The test is whether the state uses that audit to build a predictable regulatory framework or simply creates an…
Artificial Ignorance: The Political Falsehoods of Leading AIs
Given the serious implications of many public policy issues, AI users should keep those realities at the forefront of their minds, verify the outputs of LLMs before trusting them, and…
Green Lament: That Trillion Dollar AI Investment Could have been Spent on Renewables
“… That $1 trillion could have been used for anything. It could have been invested in renewables. …”
It took AI 70 years to get here, so what can it do for us?
In July 1956, Carnegie Mellon’s Herb Simon and Allen Newell presented what is considered the first AI computer program at the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence. Called the…
Queensland and Northern Territory Openly Rebel Against Aussie Green Data Center Mandates
A meeting last Tuesday failed to secure the consensus the federal Green mandate would require.
Free-Market Electricity Reform Advancing (Advocates for Consumer Regulated Electricity)
The central message is simple: large new electric loads should be allowed to bring private power online without shifting costs or reliability risks onto existing ratepayers.
Big Tech On The Path To Net Zero — 2026 Edition
… after the level of sanctimony that these guys have engaged in, let alone censorship of others, nobody should forget that it was all a scam from the outset.
President Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge Shows How America Can Win the AI Race
The good news is that we do not have to choose one goal over the other. States across the Southeast are demonstrating that America can attract data centers, strengthen communities,…
AI won’t run on talking points
AI won’t run on talking points. It will run on affordable, abundant electricity. The market is already pointing us toward the fastest, most affordable path to more power. Let’s take…
Oops – Another Aussie State Just Forgot to Enforce Prime Minister Albanese’s Green Data Center Mandate
Its a tough call – supporting the Federal Government’s renewable energy programme vs having an economic future.
Renewables ‘Can’t Keep Up’ With Data Center Pace. As Usual, the Left Wants Government to Step In.
The political left is worried that the rapid expansion of data centers across the U.S. – a controversial but necessary development considering our competition with China – is increasingly accompanied…
Queensland Defies Aussie Data Center Green Energy Mandate
“… Failing to win the support of Queensland could be a deal breaker, according to the Climate Council …”
AI Data Centers Are the Heroes, Not the Villains
As America celebrates its 250th birthday, let’s remember that the data centers powering AI are financing America’s future, not draining it.
New York State Bans New Data Centers to Rescue their Underpowered Green Energy Grid
Hochul: “… They drive up costs for local ratepayers, and I refuse to let those costs get passed down to New Yorkers …”
Aussie PM Announces Plan to Force US AI Companies to Pay for Australia’s Net Zero Transition
What could possibly go wrong with this plan?