Monday, October 20, 2025

AI, Energy, Environment, and Economic Growth

From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/technology/ai-data-center-backlash-mexico-ireland.html
As tech companies build data centers worldwide to advance artificial intelligence, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts and water shortages. 
 
How Chile Embodies A.I.’s No-Win Politics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/technology/chile-ai-politics.html
Political debates have flared across Chile over artificial intelligence. Should the nation pour billions into A.I. and risk public backlash, or risk being left behind?  

Energy transition set to divide manufacturers across the Atlantic
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/energy-transition-set-divide-manufacturers-across-atlantic-2025-10-17/
Manufacturers in North America and Europe are set to embark on starkly different power-source paths in the decades ahead, which could reshape the future prospects for goods producers on both sides of the Atlantic.


More energy means more growth, and China is crushing the West
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/18/more-energy-means-growth-and-china-is-crushing-the-west/
Beijing has a stranglehold over the key technologies other countries need to hit net zero.