Power Play

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Solutions

September 29, 2026

The cheapest fix for AI's power problem is America’s power grid. That is, the one that already exists. A Brattle study puts the savings from running it ten percent harder at more than $100 billion. The fixes chasing that number run from dynamic line ratings to a five gigawatt-hour heat battery in South Dakota. Jackie Snow and six grid experts explain what keeps us from tapping into these solutions. CREDITS:  Power Play is a production by Quartz and The Capitalist Hippie.  Repo...

Balance

September 22, 2026

Residents of Scioto County, Ohio, learned about their new $1 billion Google data center after the deal was done. The county gave up 75 percent of the property tax on it for 15 years. Historian John Reeves compares what’s happening today with what happened the last time America built at speed. Catherine Baab-Muguira investigates the pledge signed by tech CEOs, which claims AI won't raise anyone's electricity bill. CREDITS:  Power Play is a production by Quartz and The Capitalist Hipp...

Gridlock

September 15, 2026

America's grid runs at about half its capacity. AI needs more power. What’s the problem? Every new data center waits on a connection study, and the studies are still run by hand. The turbines and transmission lines that would add capacity take five years or more to arrive. Jackie Snow traces the wait through roughly three thousand utilities, each working the problem alone. CREDITS:  Power Play is a production by Quartz and The Capitalist Hippie.  Reported by Jackie Snow, Cathe...