How Artificial Intelligence Is Rewriting the Energy Playbook

Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian writes about how in our new artificial intelligence era, power isn’t just about computing abilities—it’s about who controls the energy grid.  Once engineered for steel mills and suburbs, the grid is now being reshaped by data centers—vast, humming fortresses of compute that guzzle electricity at levels reminiscent of heavy industry.  July 16, 2025.