California Faces AI Electricity Capacity Crisis
An op-ed by R Street Institute's Steven Greenhut warns that rapid AI growth is straining California’s electricity grid, with massive data-center demand outpacing new generation and threatening grid stability, rising costs and higher emissions. He cites the Legislative Analyst’s Office noting AI-driven double‑digit income-tax growth amid an $18 billion budget deficit and reports that data-center carbon emissions nearly doubled from 2019 to 2023. The piece urges expanded generation, market competition and better infrastructure planning to sustain AI investment.
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Addresses timely, industry-wide infrastructure risks with policy prescriptions, but remains opinionated and lacks novel empirical analysis.
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