But in no case is there a data center threat to the grid. Data centers are too small and growing too slowly to be a threat.
Tag: AI
Bixonimania: How AI Turned a Joke Diagnosis into “Peer‑Reviewed” Medicine
When a joke diagnosis morphs into “peer-reviewed” research, it is clear that the crisis in scientific credibility is no longer confined to sloppy research or corrupted journals but now extends…
Data Centers, Hot Air, and the Reinvention of the Urban Heat Island
Researchers examined more than 6,000 data centers worldwide and found that surrounding areas experienced an average land surface temperature increase of about 2°C
Off-Grid Data Centers Will Help Protect Ratepayers, But Codifying ARC-ES Would Do Even More
With America’s 250th birthday right around the corner on July 4, it doesn’t require artificial intelligence to know that the biggest gift of all would be a guarantee of energy…
Mocked, Dismissed… and Right: The Problem With ‘Trust the Experts
The meme below shows a guy at his laptop, grinning like he just cracked the Da Vinci Code: https://x.com/zackkanter/status/2032873329900888230 “Honey, come look! I’ve found some information all the world’s top…
The AI Race Isn’t Just About Chips. It’s About Power.
The AI race will not be decided by algorithms alone. It will be decided by whether we can build the physical backbone on which advanced computing depends -power plants, transmission,…
AI Can Help Deliver America’s Next Phase of Energy Dominance
America currently leads the world in artificial intelligence innovation. Applying that innovation to modernize its own regulatory infrastructure is both logical and overdue. If the U.S. can align its permitting…
AI may bring a cognitive renaissance to human thinking
It is conceivable that the growing revolutionary combination of Americans getting better information with more time to think will lead to a cognitive renaissance. It is certainly worth watching for.
Climate Change and Energy: World Leaders in Turmoil
“There is no evidence that UN COP meetings and more than $10 trillion spent on renewables over the last 30 years have affected the climate. The average atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration,…
CFACT comments on using AI to understand big bodies of research
The singular ability of language and reasoning models to analyze huge bodies of technical information opens up new ways to understand and advance research.
Tech Behemoth Gobbles Up Power Company In $5 Billion Deal to Juice Data Centers
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, announced on Monday that it will acquire the data center and energy infrastructure company Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash and “the assumption of debt.”
U.S. and China Are Headed for an AI Collision
Given the economic importance of AI to countries throughout the world, the competition between the United States and China is regrettable. But it’s probably also inevitable. China is not abiding…
Environmental Groups Urge Congress to Ban Data Centers
Environmental and democrat groups are lining up to oppose the artificial intelligence revolution, a technological advancement on the scale of the internet. The end result will be a victory for…
Trump’s AI “Manhattan Project”? (U.S. Department of Energy mission creep)
“The AI policy is the latest manifestation of the White House’s approach to many economic issues: centralized government actions in an attempt to sidestep normal economic policies. It starts with…
For Gen Z, Why Nuclear Energy Future Is a Unifying Force in a Divided World
Just over a year ago, the headlines were everywhere: Three Mile Island Unit 1 was coming back online as the Crane Clean Energy Center. A site that once defined an…
Big Tech May Soon Have Monopoly On Power As America Faces Energy Crisis
As Big Tech develops more artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, advocates flaunt the promise of more jobs and innovation, while others warn about the impending power crunch and potential antitrust…
Buy Electrons Before Bytes: A Practical Plan to Power the AI Boom
The AI surge is exposing an old truth: electricity is the master resource. Data‑center power demand is projected to more than double globally by 2030. In the United States, the…
No, Tribune, Short Term AI Weather Analysis Provides No Insight Concerning Climate Change
Tribune News Service: please stop confusing flash with substance. AI is not a magical oracle of climate truth — it’s a faster, sometimes cheaper way to crunch the same flawed models that have…
Electric power fantasies collide out West
It looks like the West may yet be saved from wind and solar inundation and thousands of miles of massive power lines. Of course, this collision is nationwide, but it…