Energy Policy

Dario Amodei’s $518 Billion Bet Gives A.I.’s Infrastructure Leaders the Upper Hand

Dario Amodei is betting more than $518 billion on AI infrastructure. The contracts behind that wager show how much certainty the leaders supplying chips and cloud capacity negotiated for themselves.

By Rachel Curry

New York’s High Energy Costs Are a Hidden Affordability Crisis

Catalyst Power’s Gabe Phillips analyzes how Winter Storm Fern exposed a structural problem behind New York City’s soaring power costs. As Local Law 97 deadlines approach and federal solar incentives phase down, he argues that targeted reforms could deliver measurable cost relief while strengthening grid resilience and accelerating clean energy deployment.

By Gabe Phillips

The Five Pillars of the Global Digital Economy

Mehdi Paryavi, Chairman and CEO of the International Data Center Authority (IDCA), delivers a sweeping analysis of the global digital economy’s structural backbone. As the head of the world’s leading think tank for digital infrastructure and A.I. policy, Paryavi outlines the five critical pillars—strategy, policy, energy, human capital and infrastructure—that determine whether nations will thrive or stumble in the next wave of tech-driven growth.

By Mehdi Paryavi

Energy Efficiency and Public Policy

By Steve Cohen

Energy Policy

Dario Amodei’s $518 Billion Bet Gives A.I.’s Infrastructure Leaders the Upper Hand

New York’s High Energy Costs Are a Hidden Affordability Crisis

The Five Pillars of the Global Digital Economy

Energy Efficiency and Public Policy

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