https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/b2edc896-9c40-44e0-856c-ccb1a5d96cb7 AI and Robotics will create hundreds of thousands of high-paying jobs across the world over the next five years. In the United States, trillions of dollars have been budgeted by Big Tech for new data centers, computer servers, and semiconductors. But the industry is crashing into the inability of utilities to meet current demand for electricity, let alone to build out new sources of power supply, grid capacity, and transmission lines. Big Tech companies are dramatically cutting back their planned projects and expansions for new data centers across the world, as regulators in the US and overseas are denying new permits for AI server farms. High costs for electricity are running much hotter than consumer inflation, and creating deep structural problems in the economy. Households and small businesses are struggling to pay bills, and pushing for changes by lawmakers. Closing scene, Guangzhou, Guangdong Resources and links: Reddit, r/economy, Growth in electricity generation China vs US https://www.reddit.com/r/economy/comments/1bz7b02/growth_in_electricity_generation_over_the_last_25/ World’s first commercial mini nuclear reactor ready to power 526,000 homes in China https://interestingengineering.com/energy/china-mini-nuclear-reactor-power-homes Bloomberg, Microsoft Pulls Back on Data Centers From Chicago to Jakarta https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-03/microsoft-pulls-back-on-data-centers-from-chicago-to-jakarta Defense News, Power generation challenges could overshadow Stargate AI initiative https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2025/01/24/power-generation-challenges-could-overshadow-stargate-ai-initiative/ Wall Street Journal, SoftBank and OpenAI’s $500 Billion AI Project Struggles to Get Off Ground https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/softbank-openai-a3dc57b4 Bloomberg, Amazon Scraps €300 Million New Irish Plant in Blow to State https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/amazon-scraps-new-irish-plant-on-energy-issues-irish-times-says AP, Ireland embraced data centers that the AI boom needs. Now they’re consuming too much of its energy https://apnews.com/article/ai-data-centers-ireland-6c0d63cbda3df740cd9bf2829ad62058 NJ law to study data centers' impacts on electricity grid advances https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2025/06/03/nj-electric-rates-law-study-data-centers-advances/83997198007/ Open AI's massive Project Stargate is already struggling, may be scaled back https://www.techradar.com/pro/open-ais-project-stargate-is-already-struggling-may-be-scaled-back A transformer supply crisis bottlenecks energy projects https://spectrum.ieee.org/transformer-shortage PowerLines, Utility bills are rising https://powerlines.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/PowerLines_Utility-Bills-Are-Rising_2025-1.pdf Vox, Why your energy bill is suddenly so much more expensive https://www.vox.com/climate/420887/electricity-energy-bill-expensive-prices-rising Why is my electric bill so high? New Jerseyans point fingers but what is being done? https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2025/07/24/why-is-my-electric-bill-so-high-what-to-know-about-rising-nj-rates/85330762007/ EIA, U.S. electricity prices continue steady increase https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=65284 MIT, Confronting the AI/energy conundrum https://climate.mit.edu/posts/confronting-aienergy-conundrum Charted: The World’s Fastest Growing Jobs (2025-2030) https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-the-worlds-fastest-growing-jobs-2025-2030/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:31:12 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/b2edc896-9c40-44e0-856c-ccb1a5d96cb7 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.