AI

 Washington Post: AI is exhausting the power grid. Tech firms are seeking a miracle solution. As power needs of AI push emissions up and put big tech in a bind, companies put their faith in elusive — some say improbable — technologies. By Evan Halper and Caroline O'Donovan

In addition to fusion, they (Big Tech) are hoping to generate power through such futuristic schemes as small nuclear reactors hooked to individual computing centers and machinery that taps geothermal energy by boring 10,000 feet into the Earth’s crust.