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This is the main gas that gets released when we burn fuel to power all those computers.
What is CO2?
These are the giant "warehouses" full of computers that power the internet and AI for companies like Google and Microsoft.
What are Data Centers?
The U.S. wants to be a "Superpower" in this specific type of technology, which is why they need so much energy.
What is AI?
Because the sun doesn't always shine, companies also rely on this "stable" power source that starts with an 'N'.
What is Nuclear Power?
Pollution doesn't just hurt the earth; it also creates risks for this (how humans feel and stay alive).
What is Public Health?
This 3-letter government group is supposed to protect the environment but might remove limits on emissions.
What is the EPA?
This country has proposed a strict "Bring Your Own Power" policy, requiring new data centers to match the energy they take with their own generation.
What is Ireland?
These two types of "clean" energy come from the sun and the moving air.
What are Solar and Wind energy?
Much of the electricity used for AI still comes from these non-renewable sources, such as coal or oil.
What are Fossil Fuels?
This specific Big Tech company is often cited by critics for putting "immense constraints" on the local electrical grid.
What is Amazon?
Because of the sudden AI boom, our electrical grids are struggling to do this (a verb meaning to remove carbon-based fuels).
What is decarbonize?
The huge and growing impact of AI leads to a rise in power demand, which ultimately causes a rise in this phenomenon
What are global emissions?
Tech companies use this term to describe their massive investments in wind and solar, but critics say they don't match the "concrete problems" like rising bills or strained grids.
What are green promises?
When the planet gets too warm, we see more of these "extreme" things, like huge storms or heatwaves.
What are Extreme Weather Events?
This specific sector of the economy is cited as a top source of CO2 in the United States.
What is the Power Industry?
This is the concrete result for local residents when a massive data center moves in and strains the power supply.
What are rising electricity costs?
this two-word phrase describes the disconnect between a company’s clean energy claims and the actual physical impact on a town's power supply.
What is the location gap?
This specific type of stable facility is often used to back up the grid when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing.
What is a gas power plant?
This two-word phrasal verb is used by Kenza Bryan to describe how global temperatures are slowly but steadily increasing due to CO2 emissions.
What is creep up?
Kenza Bryan uses this phrase to describe the timing of the AI boom happening right as we need to cut emissions.
What is an awkward time?
While companies buy "clean" energy credits, the data centers themselves are often drawing power from this, which might still use fossil fuels.
What is the local electric grid?
Data centers are described as having a higher reliance on stable sources than "other sources of energy demand" because their computers can never do this ( a verb)
What is shut down?
This term describes how renewable energy growth is failing to keep pace with the rising demand from AI.
what is lagging behind?
a phenomenon is rising "faster than expected," while the other is "lagging behind."
What are global warming and clean energy growth?
These two local groups often "struggle to get the power they need" because data centers are prioritized or gobble up the existing supply.
What are local industries and houses?