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Data centers and the race to power AI (part 2)

October 8, 2026

Madison Goldberg (0:03)

Welcome to Ask MIT Climate. I'm Madison Goldberg, and this is the second half of our deep dive into data centers and the energy system. If you haven't listened to part one, by the way, we'd suggest catching up on that first. It'll help this episode make more sense.

But as a quick recap, last time we talked about the rush to build data centers amid the AI boom, and more specifically, how the rapid build out of these huge, concentrated electricity users can create challenges for people and for a US power grid that might not be prepared for this.

Costa Samaras (0:37)

The power sector is under threat from extreme impacts from climate change. It's under threat from new demands that are appearing faster than the grid is used to.

And it's under threat from its own age.

Madison Goldberg (0:53)

Costa Samaras is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, where he directs the Scott Institute for Energy Innovation. In our last episode, he asked this question.

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Data centers and the race to power AI (part 2)October 8, 2026

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