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SOURCE: Coast to Coast - 2025-12-03 - AI Data Centers & Renewable Energy
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MEDIAINFO
AI Data Centers & Renewable Energy
Hosted by
George Noory
Guests:
Steve Goreham
Wednesday - December 3, 2025
In the first half, Steve Goreham, executive director of the Climate Science Coalition of America, discussed the growing challenges facing renewable energy and the impact of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution on U.S. power consumption. He highlighted the rapid expansion of data centers —now over 4,000 in the U.S., up 50% in less than 2 years —driven by AI technologies like ChatGPT. These facilities consume six to ten times more electricity than they did before, with data centers projected to use 20% of U.S. electricity within the next decade, up from 4% a year ago, he reported.
Goreham noted that while data centers bring jobs and initial revenue, their enormous power and water demands strain local resources, often leading to higher electricity and water rates. Some companies, like Meta, are building on-site gas power plants to meet their energy needs, with one facility in North Louisiana expected to consume more power than New Orleans. Addressing net zero energy policies aimed at eliminating carbon emissions by 2050, he argued these goals are "an impossible task," especially given AI's constant and intensive power requirements. He likened the situation to a "70 or 80 foot tall tidal wave" of AI growth overwhelming the "tiny sailboat" of net zero ambitions.
He warned of the strain renewable energy places on power grids, citing blackouts in Spain, and in Texas, where an outage caused over 200 deaths. Challenging the mainstream narrative on climate change, he pointed to solar-driven natural cycles over human-made emissions. Despite $10 trillion spent globally in the last two decades to combat warming, 87% of the world's energy in 2024 still comes from coal, oil, and natural gas, he commented. He also cited a political backlash against net zero policies, with parties in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Australia distancing themselves from aggressive emissions targets, signaling a potential decline in "climatism."
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