Powering AI Leapfrogs Climate Concerns
It’s become clear there’s not enough low-carbon energy to satisfy data centers’ needs, and natural gas will be key.
The Constellation Energy Handley gas-fired plant in Fort Worth, Texas.
Photographer: Bloomberg
Welcome to our guide to the energy and commodities driving the economy. Today, Power and Natural Disasters Americas Team Leader Brian Eckhouse examines how Wall Street’s giddiness for AI has pushed climate down the agenda. Click here to get the newsletter in your inbox.
It’s Climate Week in New York, and dominating the conversation has been the apparently insatiable appetite of artificial intelligence for power.