States including Maine, Georgia, and Maryland are advancing legislation or statewide moratoriums to restrict AI data center construction amid energy and land concerns.

Google is reportedly considering greater use of natural gas to power its expanding AI data centers, a shift from its previous clean energy goals.

Meta announced it will fund seven natural gas power plants to provide electricity for its massive new AI data centers, highlighting the growing energy demands of AI.

Bipartisan activists across US states successfully halted $98B in AI data center projects in Q2 2025, citing concerns over electricity, water, and environmental impact.

Anthropic commits to paying for grid infrastructure costs and protecting consumers from electricity price hikes caused by its data centers.

Caterpillar partners with Monarch Compute Campus to provide natural gas generators and battery storage for massive AI workload infrastructure.

The exponential growth of AI is creating an unprecedented demand for energy and data center infrastructure, a central theme at the World Economic Forum. Global data center power usage is projected to jump from 55 to 84 gigawatts in just two years.

Elon Musk highlights electricity generation as primary constraint on AI progress, proposing solar-powered orbital infrastructure as lowest-cost solution for large-scale AI systems.

The Trump administration is pushing for major tech companies to pay for the construction of new power plants to meet the surging electricity demand from AI data centers, with a proposed $15 billion commitment from the industry.