AI’s Rapacious Appetite for Electricity Can Accelerate Clean Energy

Why Big Tech’s energy problem might prove crucial to fighting climate change.

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Technology firms are increasingly drawing the ire of environmentalists and climate-conscious lawmakers . Soaring power demand for data centers is spurring new investment in fossil fuel infrastructure, notably natural gas power plants and pipelines, feeding fears that artificial intelligence will derail global decarbonization efforts. Ten top New York Democrats, for example, urged Gov. Kathy Hochul last month to reject a controversial gas pipeline project, even a

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