00:00The artificial intelligence revolution is creating an energy crisis that most Americans do not yet see coming.
00:07Data centers powering AI systems now consume more electricity than many mid-size U.S. states,
00:13and the demand is accelerating at a rate that is outpacing the grid's capacity to keep up.
00:19UnitedHealth alone projects AI will save it nearly a billion dollars in 2026.
00:24But that AI runs on massive computational infrastructure that requires enormous amounts of electricity 24 hours a day, 7 days
00:32a week.
00:33Across the country, power utilities are reporting that planned AI data center expansions in Virginia, Texas, Georgia, Arizona,
00:41and Nevada are on track to add more demand to local grids than entire cities.
00:46The power grid infrastructure that runs the United States was built decades ago
00:51and was never designed for this scale of demand growth.
00:55Forecasters warn that without emergency grid investment,
00:58rolling blackouts in AI-heavy regions could begin as early as 2027.
01:03Not just during heat waves, but as a baseline condition of operating an AI-powered economy.
01:09The tech industry and the energy industry are on a collision course,
01:13and the consequences will be felt in every American home.
01:16The tech industry and the energy industry are on a collision course,
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