AIxEnergy
AIxEnergy is the weekly podcast exploring the convergence of artificial intelligence and the energy system—where neural networks meet power networks. Each episode unpacks the technologies, tensions, and transformative potential at the frontier of cognitive infrastructure.
Episodes
12 episodes
The Truth About the AI Boom: Why This Is Not a Bubble but a Buildout
The Truth About the AI Boom: Why This Is Not a Bubble but a Buildout Featuring Brandon N. Owens — Hosted by Michael C. VincentArtificial intelligence is transforming the American landscape—not metaphorically, but phys...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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13:27
The Cognitive Grid Part I: Why the Grid Is Now an Intelligence Problem
In this first episode of The Cognitive Grid—a five-part series produced by AIxEnergy—host Michael Vincent speaks with Brandon Owens, founder of AIxEnergy and creator of Cognitive Infrastructure Theory (CIT), about how artifici...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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7:51
The State Playbook for Equitable Data-Center Growth
AI’s explosive growth is reshaping America’s electric grid. In this AIxEnergy conversation, host Michael Vincent and energy economist Brandon Owens explore how state policies can ensure fairness as data centers drive massive power demand. Owens...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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6:38
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The Carbon Cost of Intelligence: Will Hyperscalers Accelerate Decarbonization—or Default to Fossil Fuels?
Artificial intelligence has unleashed the fastest-growing source of new electricity demand in U.S. history. Unlike past industrial loads that spread gradually across regions, AI demand clusters in hyperscale data centers—each consuming hundreds...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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6:29
The Grid Divide: Which States Will Power the AI Economy—and Which Will Be Left Behind
Artificial intelligence is triggering an electricity demand surge unlike anything the U.S. grid has faced in decades. By 2028, data centers will consume two to three times more power, and by 2030 nearly half of all new U.S. electricit...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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8:01
The Five Convergences (Part VI of VI): AI as an Ethical Challenge
Artificial intelligence is becoming the “cognitive infrastructure” layer of the U.S. power grid, promising breakthroughs in efficiency, reliability, and renewable integration. But as the latest episode of AIxEnergy makes clear, those s...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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10:07
The Five Convergences (Part V of VI): AI as Designer – The Hidden Architect
In this episode of AIxEnergy, host Michael Vincent continues the series on The Five Convergences, a framework mapping how artificial intelligence is reshaping energy systems from the inside out. Episode five explores one of th...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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7:22
The Five Convergences (Part IV of VI): AI as Optimizer – AI’s Quiet Revolution
In this episode of AIxEnergy, host Michael Vincent continues the deep-dive series on The Five Convergences, a framework mapping how artificial intelligence is reshaping the electric grid. Episode four explores one of the most ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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8:44
The Five Convergences (Part III of VI): AI as Controller – When the Grid Learns to Steer Itself
The electric grid has long been called “the most complex machine ever built.” For more than a century, it has relied on human judgment, supported by mechanical systems and basic automation. But now, a dramatic shift is underway — one where the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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6:33
The Five Convergences (Part II of VI): AI as Load-How AI Is Rewiring the Grid
Artificial Intelligence is no longer just a software challenge. It’s a physical one. In this episode, we explore a convergence most haven’t seen coming—until now.Across the U.S., AI training and inference are triggering a historic surge ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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7:39
The Five Convergences (Part I of VI): The Five Convergences Framework
The grid is no longer just operating—it’s learning.In this pivotal episode—Episode 2 of AIxEnergy and the first installment of the Five Convergences series—Brandon Owens, founder of AIxEnergy and author of The Five ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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8:08
