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AI, energy and the terms of the build-out
Every AI megawatt should pay a public dividend.
AI no longer arrives as software. It arrives as land, transformers, cooling, grid capacity, water and years of power. That should change the bargain.
Innocent B. Muhizi and Hinsley Njila10 pagesOpinion
“AI will not distribute its gains by itself. Small states may not win a subsidy race. They can set strong terms. The next time a project asks for a megawatt, the public should be able to see what that megawatt makes possible.”
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- data-centre electricity demand by 2030
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