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Not long ago, we were asking if AI would save the climate. Now we’re asking if it will wreck it.
The truth is somewhere in between. But it’s easy to see why sentiment swung so radically.
When the AI race kicked off, we were promised rapid breakthroughs in materials, a business model revolution, and a radically more intelligent energy economy. But many people fee...
It’s really hard to build infrastructure in America. And it’s particularly hard for clean energy, which is overwhelmingly stalled by outdated and onerous permitting.
But we have never been able to get to the root of the problem. And that’s why
Across America, people are screaming “no” — no to data centers, and no to the energy projects that serve them. So what gets people to a “yes”? Perhaps an enthusiastic yes?
Every utility and tech company is scrambling to answer that question. And so far, they haven’t been able to find one.
Our guest this week, Sparkfund CEO Pier LaFarge, has thought a lot about t...
The biggest story in Washington is President Trump's rejection of AI safety regulation. But the White House is waging an equally consequential regulatory battle against carbon regulations.
This month, the EPA finally rolled back the Biden-era carbon rule for power plants, arguing that the agency does not have the authority to regulate heat-trapping gases. It's setting ...
Data centers are known for their hulking exteriors, rows of blinking servers, and massive cooling equipment. But there’s an entire ecosystem no one gets to see: the electrical architecture that sits between the power source and the GPUs.
And as data centers integrate more battery storage, there’s little consensus on what that electrical architecture should look like. <...