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Brandon Owens

Brandon Owens

New York City

Brandon N. Owens is a clean-energy innovation executive and author, leading national strategy at the intersection of AI and energy. Founder of AIxEnergy, he writes on infrastructure, electrification, and the future of intelligent energy systems.

The Five Convergences Course: Mastering AI-Energy Integration for Grid Leaders

The Five Convergences Course: Mastering AI-Energy Integration for Grid Leaders

AI is no longer software—it is infrastructure. This new course introduces the Five Convergences framework and explains why understanding AI’s role in energy demand, control, design, and governance is essential to managing the emerging cognitive grid.

12.21.25: AI’s Power Surge: How Data Centers Are Reshaping the Grid

12.21.25: AI’s Power Surge: How Data Centers Are Reshaping the Grid

AI is rapidly turning data centers into major grid loads, with electricity demand set to double by 2030. Efficiency gains and AI-optimized facilities could ease the strain, but landmark projects like Michigan’s 1.4-GW campus show how tightly AI growth and energy infrastructure are now intertwined.

Orbiting the Cloud: Can AI Compute Move Off‑Planet for a Decarbonized Future?

Orbiting the Cloud: Can AI Compute Move Off‑Planet for a Decarbonized Future?

AI Catalyzing Shifts in Energy Infrastructure and Management

AI Catalyzing Shifts in Energy Infrastructure and Management

AI is reshaping energy infrastructure: smarter BESS diagnostics extend battery life, VPPs re-emerge as grid tools, and massive bets follow—5 GW transformers, 400 MW modular gas, and gigawatt data centers. The speed of infrastructure deployment will decide the winners.

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in World Energy Employment 2025

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in World Energy Employment 2025

The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Employment 2025 offers a comprehensive assessment of global labor trends across the energy sector. While the report’s core narrative focuses on job growth, skilled-worker shortages, and demographic pressures, it also provides a substantive—though understated—examination of how artificial intelligence (AI)

AI Power Demand Drives Grid Innovation and Policy Shifts

AI Power Demand Drives Grid Innovation and Policy Shifts

NextEra plans 15 GW of data-center power by 2035 as AI drives soaring electricity demand. Utilities explore flexible storage, researchers debut 3D-ICE 4.0 for better chiplet thermal modeling, and AI advances at the grid edge—all signaling rapid AI-energy integration.

The Great Shift in AI Infrastructure: From Hyperscale Training to Edge-Based Real-Time Action

The Great Shift in AI Infrastructure: From Hyperscale Training to Edge-Based Real-Time Action