"But the same technology driving this surge of innovation is also testing the limits of the system that supports it. Innovation is moving faster than infrastructure, and our energy strategy has to catch up.It's time to manage energy as a strategic asset. While AI is fueling demand at historic levels, it also gives us the tools to use power more intelligently, stabilize the grid, and unlock capacity we already have."
"AI is reshaping the global economy, but the grid powering it was not built for this reality. Much of America's power infrastructure is aging, fragmented, and structurally behind modern digital demands. The result: interconnection queues, delayed projects, constrained communities, and a widening gap between the power we need and the power we can deliver.This isn't just a technology issue. It's a national security issue. It's a competitiveness issue."
Artificial intelligence is driving historic electricity demand across healthcare, defense, and logistics while outpacing aging and fragmented power infrastructure. Interconnection queues, delayed projects, and constrained communities are creating a widening gap between power supply and demand. Managing energy as a strategic asset requires shifting focus from consumption volume to efficient usage. AI provides accurate demand forecasting, predictive maintenance, and dynamic cooling and energy management that respond in real time to workloads and climate. Technology must be paired with collaboration among utilities, regulators, grid operators, and government to modernize the grid, stabilize supply, and scale resilient, cost-effective infrastructure.
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