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9/10/25, 2:45 PM Exclusive: AI Is Fueling a Power Surge, It Could Also Reinvent the Grid - Tech Revolt
Just as important as technological progress is public understanding. Educating communities about how AI
interacts with infrastructure can help build the support needed to scale promising innovations.
Transparency around how energy is generated, distributed, and consumed—and how AI fits into that
equation—will be crucial to building trust and encouraging participation.

In the near term, we also need to better define how we measure success. Efficiency and capacity should
not be the only benchmarks; environmental impact, grid resilience, and equitable access to reliable energy
must also be core metrics. AI can help track and improve these metrics, making it easier for both public
and private stakeholders to align their efforts.

Meanwhile, international cooperation will become increasingly important. As energy markets globalize
and AI adoption spreads, coordinated approaches to policy, research, and grid interoperability will be
necessary to avoid fragmentation and maximize shared benefits. Forums that bring together cross-border
partners and prioritize open data standards could accelerate progress.

To be clear, AI is not a silver bullet. It won’t replace the need for new investment or hard policy choices.
But it can make our systems smarter, more adaptive, and ultimately more sustainable.

In the end, the energy demands AI is creating may serve as a forcing function—one that compels
stakeholders across the public and private sectors to work together in new ways. Meeting this challenge
head-on offers a path to both solving a looming capacity crisis and reinventing the energy paradigm itself.

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