The Energy and Water Footprint of AI

By Edward Ring
09/21/2026
Whether artificial intelligence should be regulated, and if so, how, has almost overnight become one of the biggest political issues of our time.  And with AI comes a surge in construction of massive data centers, for which we should minimize impact on the surrounding communities. But to the question of how we will find enough...

TAGS: AI, artificial intelligence, data centers

AI Is Amplifying an Unexamined Government

By Mark Moses
08/21/2026
AI—The Gamechanger For decades, cities and counties operated on an understanding rarely discussed: municipal codes would never be fully enforced. I watched city councils adopt multi-family rental smoking bans and plastic utensil bans in response to zero public outcry, while staff confirmed there was no compelling local justification for the ordinance and no capacity to...

TAGS: artificial intelligence, local government, municipal government