AI power demand is remaking our energy ecosystem – while painting a target on its back

Even in its most conservative projections, AI-driven booms in electricity use are poised to provide a once-in-a-generation opportunity – and imperative – to secure our grid against PRC cyber attacks

OpenAI just closed the largest funding deal ever by a private technology company, with nearly half of the $40 billion raised earmarked specifically for its massive Starate data center project in Texas. This and other competing data center projects are expected to dramatically increase U.S. energy requirements as artificial intelligence companies race toward the development of models capable of superintelligence. Unfortunately, after decades of near-zero growth in electricity demand, AI’s energy-guzzling training and inference requirements are shining a spotlight on the vulnerabilities of our aging power infrastructure. 

Read more at Real Clear Energy