This week’s AIxEnergy Weekly Pulse highlights how AI is reshaping the energy landscape—driving Google’s grid-flexible data centers, spurring a nuclear plant restart in Iowa, accelerating global chip races, and exposing new cyber risks through AI-powered ransomware.
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10.20.25: Harnessing Energy Innovations to Power Next-Gen AI
Congo’s 40,000-MW Grand Inga Dam aims to power global AI data centers, signaling energy’s new digital frontier. AI models now drive electrification and even chip-cooling breakthroughs, as firms like BlackRock and Nvidia bet billions on compute infrastructure reshaping the power grid.
10.06.25: AI Data Centers Surge as Key Focus in Power Infrastructure Expansion
09.29.25: AI Sparks Hydrogen Revolution in Zero-Emission Data Centers
AIxEnergy convergence sharpened this week: hydrogen-powered NVIDIA data center set a zero-emission precedent, while Louisiana’s $3B Meta grid deal raised equity alarms. Markets turned to AI for ageing grids and solar waste, signaling a future both electrified and contested.