Source: NASA ( https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/otps-sbsp-report-final-tagged-approved-1-8-24-tagged-v2.pdf ) The AI revolution is colliding with a hard physical limit: energy. Data centers—the backbone of AI—are rapidly becoming one of the largest and fastest-growing sources of electricity demand. Already consuming ~1.5% of global power, that figure is accelerating as hyperscale compute expands into multi-gigawatt clusters. In markets like Texas, grid operator