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AI, Data Centers, and the U.S. Electric Grid: A Watershed Moment

by Rachel Mural, Dipesh Pherwani, Chaitanya Gupta, Yiqi Yu, Ai Takahashi, Dongjoo Kim, Subir Majumder, Henry Lee, Minlan Yu and Le Xie
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from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Power and AI Initiative at the Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
17 minutes
Cars drive past data centers that house computer servers and hardware required to support modern internet use, such as artificial intelligence, in Ashburn, Virginia, July 16, 2023.