Brandon N. Owens is an energy infrastructure strategist and founder of AIxEnergy. Morgan Bazilian is the director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines.
The race to build artificial intelligence infrastructure is no longer abstract. It is visible in land deals, the growing demand on the power grid and the expansion of data centers across the United States. Technology companies are committing billions of dollars to facilities designed to power the next generation of computing. Public debate primarily focuses on electricity affordability and grid capacity.