AI Power Demand Is Remaking Our Energy Ecosystem—While Painting a Target on Its Back

Commentary Even in its most conservative projections, AI-driven booms in electricity use are poised to provide a once-in-a-generation opportunity—and imperative—to secure our grid against PRC cyber attacks OpenAI just closed the largest funding deal ever by a private technology company, with nearly half of the $40 billion raised earmarked specifically for its massive Starate data center project in Texas. […]