{"id":607,"date":"2025-04-15T14:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T11:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/promo-theme.com\/novo\/dark\/?p=607"},"modified":"2025-07-04T07:12:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T04:12:53","slug":"american-energy-american-ai-powering-a-secure-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olndanyatpowerlimited.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/15\/american-energy-american-ai-powering-a-secure-future\/","title":{"rendered":"American Energy, American AI: Powering a Secure Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Artificial intelligence (AI) and data centers are driving unprecedented energy demand growth, shifting industry conversations from megawatts to gigawatts.<\/li>\n<li>Permitting reform and policy consistency are critical to maintaining American leadership in both AI and energy security.<\/li>\n<li>An all-of-the-above domestic energy approach\u2014including wind, solar, storage, nuclear, and natural gas\u2014is essential for reliability and national security.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The race for global AI leadership isn\u2019t just about algorithms and computing power\u2014it\u2019s increasingly about who can provide the most reliable, secure, and abundant energy to power the data centers that support the technology.<\/p>\n<p>American AI development is rapidly driving the need for more of data centers due to the vast computational power required for training and running complex models. These data centers require electricity to power their infrastructure and the cooling systems which manage the heat generated by their operations.<\/p>\n<p>ACP\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cleanpower.org\/resources\/powering-ai-energy-strategies-for-a-secure-future\/\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"5a303d4e79deee3820a54e9a\">recent PowerTalk\u00a0<\/a>explored this critical intersection between America\u2019s energy strategy and our technological future. The conversation\u2014moderated by ACP CEO\u00a0<strong>Jason Grumet<\/strong>\u00a0and featuring panelists\u00a0<strong>Helen Toner<\/strong>\u00a0of Georgetown\u2019s Center for Security and Emerging Technology,\u00a0<strong>Harry Krejsa<\/strong>\u00a0of Carnegie Mellon\u2019s Institute for Strategy and Technology,\u00a0<strong>David Carroll<\/strong>\u00a0of ENGIE North America (and ACP\u2019s Board Chair-Elect), and\u00a0<strong>Heather McGeory<\/strong>\u00a0of CoreWeave\u2014offered perspectives from both energy producers and technology companies at the forefront of AI development.<\/p>\n<h3>AI is Driving Unprecedented Energy Demand<\/h3>\n<p>Data centers and AI infrastructure are creating energy demand at scales previously unimagined. \u201cThe demand in terms of volume and energy that we could use\u2014we used to have conversations about megawatts and now we have conversations about gigawatts,\u201d explained\u00a0<strong>Heather McGeory<\/strong>\u00a0of CoreWeave, referring to conversations around powering individual data centers. This is already happening today, as energy demand is forecasted to increase by as much as 50% by 2040, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cleanpower.org\/resources\/us-national-power-demand-study\/\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"5a303d4e79deee3820a54e9a\">study from S&amp;P Global Commodity Insights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This exponential growth represents both a challenge and opportunity for American energy development. As\u00a0<strong>David Carroll<\/strong>\u00a0of ENGIE noted, \u201cIt\u2019s no longer a conversation about \u2018can you just bring a solar project.\u2019 It\u2019s how can we pair technologies associated with wind, solar, battery, and even now some peakers or natural gas generation so that we can have a data center that has firm reliable power.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Energy Security is National Security<\/h3>\n<p>The location and security of our energy infrastructure directly impacts America\u2019s technological leadership position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI certainly think that energy permitting\u2014making sure that it\u2019s actually possible to build new energy sites\u2014is genuinely a huge deal,\u201d emphasized\u00a0<strong>Helen Toner<\/strong>. \u201cHaving a really strong domestic base that you\u2019re able to build on is very valuable\u2026 From a sort of high-level strategic perspective, these are really valuable assets and it makes sense to want to have them at home,\u201d she continued, highlighting the strategic importance of domestic energy production.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harry Krejsa<\/strong>\u00a0further explained that the newest energy technologies offer the best security advantages: \u201cThe most defensible and resilient technologies are the most shovel ready, fastest onto grid and often are the lowest carbon emitting\u2014but their national security imperative and value often have nothing to do with their carbon emission.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Policy Certainty is Critical for Meeting Energy Demand<\/h3>\n<p>Meeting these massive energy demands will require embracing all available domestic energy resources. \u201cWe always want to be finding the most modern and efficient energy solutions possible, and I really think that includes renewables and nuclear. I don\u2019t think we can get through any of this without nuclear,\u201d stated\u00a0<strong>McGeory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>However, policy uncertainty is creating investment challenges.\u00a0<strong>Carroll<\/strong>\u00a0emphasized: \u201cWe\u2019ve been investing about $3 billion a year in the U.S. market and that\u2019s slowed down because of the policy uncertainty, but also tariffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As America navigates the dual challenges of energy security and technological leadership, the clean power industry stands ready to deliver the reliable, domestic energy resources needed to power our AI future. As\u00a0<strong>Jason Grumet<\/strong>\u00a0concluded, \u201cWe are in a race for digital dominance\u2026 The efforts to make sure that we are scaling U.S.-based technology as the backbone of the data centers and the reliable, clean, secure electrons that our members are providing is really the point of our work.\u201d This will require smart policy, streamlined permitting, and a commitment to building American energy systems that support both our economic and national security objectives.<\/p>\n<p><em>Watch the full PowerTalk\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cleanpower.org\/resources\/powering-ai-energy-strategies-for-a-secure-future\/\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"5a303d4e79deee3820a54e9a\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>By\u00a0<a class=\"author-name wgt-bold\" href=\"https:\/\/cleanpower.org\/about\/team\/will-sturgeon\/\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"5a303d4e79deee3820a54e9a\">Will Sturgeon<\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"date date--published\">on\u00a0<time datetime=\"2025-06-18T10:36:06-04:00\">June 18, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways Artificial intelligence (AI) and data centers are driving unprecedented energy demand growth, shifting industry conversations from megawatts to gigawatts. Permitting reform and policy consistency are critical to maintaining American leadership in both AI and energy security. An all-of-the-above domestic energy approach\u2014including wind, solar, storage, nuclear, and natural gas\u2014is essential for reliability and national [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american","category-energy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olndanyatpowerlimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olndanyatpowerlimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olndanyatpowerlimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olndanyatpowerlimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olndanyatpowerlimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/olndanyatpowerlimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3891,"href":"https:\/\/olndanyatpowerlimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607\/revisions\/3891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olndanyatpowerlimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olndanyatpowerlimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olndanyatpowerlimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olndanyatpowerlimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}