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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.

11.25.25: Four Infrastructure Moves That Are Redrawing the AI Economy

11.25.25: Four Infrastructure Moves That Are Redrawing the AI Economy

Four major moves—Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 with steeply lower token costs, OpenAI’s Shopping Research feature in ChatGPT, Amazon Web Services’ US$50 billion government-AI build-out, and NATO’s sovereign-AI cloud deal with Google Cloud—signal a structural shift in AI.

The Genesis Mission and the Architecture of National Scientific Capacity

The Genesis Mission and the Architecture of National Scientific Capacity

11.24.25: AI Partnerships Drive Hybrid Energy System Innovations

11.24.25: AI Partnerships Drive Hybrid Energy System Innovations

AI is reshaping the global energy system, driving soaring data-center demand, nuclear-powered compute plans, and urgent grid upgrades. From real-time visibility tools to advanced microgrid controls, this week shows a grid under pressure—and AI accelerating both its capabilities and its constraints.

The Truth About the AI Boom: Why This Is Not a Bubble but a Buildout

The Truth About the AI Boom: Why This Is Not a Bubble but a Buildout

The Cognitive Grid Part II: Building a Constitutional Intelligence System for Energy Infrastructure

The Cognitive Grid Part II: Building a Constitutional Intelligence System for Energy Infrastructure

11.17.25: AIs Rising Power Demands Ignite Infrastructure Revolution

AI is straining grids, driving chip races, and reshaping energy planning. New DER models, agrivoltaics gains, China’s chip push, rising rack densities, and megawatt-scale AI loads reveal a converging future where compute growth and energy infrastructure become inseparable.

The Age of Electricity Begins: AI Is Rewriting the Global Grid, Says IEA

The Age of Electricity Begins: AI Is Rewriting the Global Grid, Says IEA