Near the Salton Sea, a company plans to build a data center to support artificial intelligence that would cover land the size of 15 football fields and require power that could support 425,000 homes.

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The soaring electricity demands of data centers and A.I. are straining the grid in some areas, pushing up emissions and slowing the energy transition. By David Gelles A few weeks ago, I joined a small ...

Maxwell is founder and CEO of Sustainable Development Capital LLP. He is the author of the book, THE EDGE: How Competition for Resources is Pushing the World, and Its Climate, to the Brink – and What ...

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