Why Data Center Growth Forecasts Are Essential To Mitigating Their Impact On The Grid

By U Cast Studios
July 9, 2026

Why Data Center Growth Forecasts Are Essential To Mitigating Their Impact On The Grid
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Much of the concern surrounding artificial intelligence is about power: the technology’s economic power to reshape work, the political power resulting from concentrated wealth, and the military power enabled by new forms of weapons. However, the rise of AI also impacts a more literal form of power: electricity, from the data centers that consume it.

This article was written by Stephen Bessasparis and originally published by The Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists.

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