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Researcher on innovation and the future of work. Visiting scholar @GWU. Author of upcoming book on Amazon. rgaster@incumetrics.com. linkedin.com/in/robin-gaste…
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The Data Center Water Problem Is Soluble

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By Robin Gaster
| Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
KEY TAKEAWAYS Data centers consume water both directly for cooling and indirectly by generating electricity. Indirect consumption is more than 10x direct consumption, but overall, data centers account for a very small fraction of total U.S. consumption. New technologies now make it possible to consume almost zero water directly for data center cooling. They are a bit more expensive, but close-to-zero water consumption is possible. Some hyperscalers are adopting zero-water designs.
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Advanced Geothermal Energy Is Widely Available, Clean, and Maybe Cheap Enough to Make a Big Impact

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By Robin Gaster
| Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
KEY TAKEAWAYS EGS produces energy at commercial scale by drilling deeper and applying techniques from oil and gas fracking to geothermal. It has enormous potential. Traditional geothermal faces limitations in identifying and exploiting underground water or brine reservoirs. EGS instead works with hot dry rocks much further underground. Fervo is the industry leader in EGS. It has generated energy at commercial scale and found commercial demand for its output.
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Four Reasons New AI Data Centers Won’t Overwhelm the Electricity Grid

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By Robin Gaster
| Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
The AI Data Center Moratorium Act introduced in Congress last month by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to block construction of new data centers, in part due to concerns about AI raising electricity costs for consumers, aligns with similar action in many states. But federal and state proposals both misunderstand the dynamics of electricity costs and use a sledgehammer to address problems that could be solved cheaply and effectively by other means.
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