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AI Power Demand Is Remaking Our Energy Ecosystem—While Painting a Target on Its Back

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AI Power Demand Is Remaking Our Energy Ecosystem—While Painting a Target on Its Back
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Harry Krejsa
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Mark Montgomery
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Even in its most conservative projections, AI-driven booms in electricity use are poised to provide a once-in-a-generation opportunity—and imperative—to secure our grid against the People’s Republic of China (PRC) cyber attacks.

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Harry Krejsa is the director of studies at the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology. From 2021–2024 Krejsa served in Joe Biden’s White House Office of the National Cyber Director, and from 2018–2021 was on the civilian staff for Donald Trump’s Department of Defense.