The Energy Crisis AI Created — And the Fix That Changes Everything Folks, we need to talk about the elephant in the server room. AI is absolutely gobbling electricity like there's no tomorrow. The International Energy Agency just dropped some numbers that should make everyone sit up: AI systems and data centers burned through 415 terawatt hours in 2024. That's over 10% of the entire US...

Georgia Power's 1,000-Mile Land Grab: Eminent Domain in the AI Era I have been watching infrastructure fights for the better part of a decade. Data center opposition, transmission line battles, the slow friction between progress and property rights. None of it prepared me for what is unfolding in Georgia right now. Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, is rolling out a grid...

What the July 18 Protests Actually Showed On Saturday, July 18, something shifted in the AI infrastructure debate. Activists in 125 cities across 42 states — from Wasilla, Alaska to Naples, Florida — staged the first nationally coordinated day of action against the data center build-out. And it wasn't a small gathering. By some counts, 142 separate protests materialized across...

The First Domino On July 14, 2026, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order that makes the state the first in the nation to enact a statewide moratorium on large-scale data centers. The order pauses permitting for facilities drawing 50 megawatts or more for up to one year while the state examines environmental impacts, grid capacity, and consumer cost implications. "These...

The Nation's First Statewide Data Center Moratorium On July 14, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order imposing a one-year statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers, making the Empire State the first in the nation to slam the brakes on AI infrastructure development. The order halts construction and permitting for any facility requiring at least 50 megawatts of...

The Politics of Power On paper, Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introducing a bill to pause new AI data center construction sounds like standard progressive posturing. A messaging bill. Something to rally the base and generate press releases, not to actually pass. But here's the thing about this particular bill: it's riding a wave that's already happening on...