What does that mean for power grids?  

Maybe, but even the ones that want to be environmentally friendly face energy challenges.

Data centers could produce “digital smog” by increasing power plant emissions and relying on backup generators during blackouts.

Companies that make the high-capacity batteries that usually end up in EVs are now shifting focus to supplying data centers and storage for energy producers.

As spending on AI data centers booms, so does spending for industrial outdoor storage, where companies store tools, trailers, and other equipment.

After decades of being on the back burner of energy policy, investments in nuclear power are on the rise, spurred on by electricity demands from big tech and changing federal policy.

One reason is that demand has surged from electrifying vehicles and furnaces — and from the rush to build new data centers.

Building them could soon be a bigger business than building traditional office space.

Ivan Penn of the New York Times discusses his reporting on how big tech’s AI data centers are raising electricity costs for households and small businesses.

The BBC’s Michelle Fleury reports from Georgia on how the boom in data centers is raising environmental and sustainability concerns from the people who live near them.