Data Centers
Data‑center development, energy demand, grid impacts, land‑use conflicts, cooling technology, sustainability challenges, and regional economic trends across New Jersey, New York, and the region. Articles analyze how hyperscale data centers shape infrastructure, local policy, and long‑term regional growth.
Energy
The “Energy Transition” Won’t Happen [City Journal]
"There’s a full-on race in the tech industry, and in tech-centric investment communities, to spend billions of dollars on new AI-infused infrastructures. The furious pace of expanding manufacturing to produce AI-capable silicon chips and simultaneously building massive, AI-infused datacenters is shattering the illusion that a digital economy enables a decoupling of economic growth from rising energy use."
Energy
BRILLIANT MINUTES: AI’s energy needs [WBAY TV-2]
AI is going to change the way that we live, work, and play much like the smartphone and personal computer did. Maybe even more. There's...
Energy
Powering New Jersey’s Ambitious AI Push
Growth, Jobs, and Energy
The data center industry is a massive and rapidly growing sector, valued at over $95 billion in 2023 in the U.S....
Energy
AI Boom Is Driving a Surprise Resurgence of US Gas-Fired Power [Bloomberg]
"From Florida to Oregon, utilities are racing to meet a surge in demand from power-hungry AI data centers, manufacturing facilities and electric vehicles. The...
Energy
Generative AI’s environmental costs are soaring — and mostly secret [Nature]
Key points from this article:
Environmental Impact: Generative AI systems require vast amounts of energy and water. For instance, training models like GPT-4 has led...