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Search results for "AI data centers consume massive amounts of energy"

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James Fishback stated on February 26, 2026 in a speech:
Artificial intelligence data centers "drive up electric bills by 30 or 40%" and "suck up 500,000 gallons of water a day.”
By Samantha Putterman• March 4, 2026
Barack Obama stated on March 11, 2011 in a press conference:
"For the first time in more than a decade, imports accounted for less than half of (the oil) we consumed."
By Robert Farley• March 15, 2011
Chris Wright stated on April 19, 2026 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
Solar and wind have not reached “3% of global energy.”
By Louis Jacobson• April 22, 2026
Donald Trump stated on May 08, 2025 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":
“We have now close to $10 trillion” in investments. “We’re talking about essentially two months.”
By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson• May 8, 2025
Donald Trump stated on January 21, 2026 in remarks:
In artificial intelligence, “We're leading China by a lot.”
By Loreben Tuquero• January 29, 2026
Jim Justice stated on June 10, 2019 in a press conference:
China today is "burning seven to eight times the amount of coal that we’re burning in the United States."
By Minh Do• December 4, 2019
Donald Trump stated on December 09, 2025 in public events:
The U.S. has received promises of investments totaling $18 trillion to $22 trillion since January.
By Louis Jacobson, Nick Karmia• December 9, 2025
Donald Trump stated on September 12, 2019 in a speech:
The United States is "very energy independent."
By John Kruzel• September 13, 2019
Mike Pence stated on August 13, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“In three short years, we achieved energy independence.”
By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson• August 16, 2023
Eric Greitens stated on March 02, 2021 in an interview on 97.1 KTFK:
By ending the Keystone XL Pipeline project, President Joe Biden “imperiled one of Donald Trump's most significant achievements, which was that we had achieved American energy independence.”
By William Skipworth• March 19, 2021
Credo Action stated on August 27, 2015 in a YouTube video:
The Obama administration is "proposing to mine another 10 billion tons of Wyoming coal, which would unleash three times more carbon pollution than Obama's Clean Power Plan would even save through 2030."
By Lauren Carroll• September 1, 2015
Chris Rose stated on October 23, 2023 in a post on X:
Gasoline prices are "up 63%" under President Joe Biden.
By Anthony Starkey• November 2, 2023
John Cox stated on October 21, 2017 in a Capital Public Radio interview:
Californians pay "the highest electricity bills" in the nation.
By Chris Nichols• November 16, 2017
Chris Sununu stated on July 10, 2017 in an interview on New Hampshire Public Radio:
California and New York are "the two biggest polluting states in the country."
By Nick Reid• July 28, 2017
Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting:
“Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.”
By Louis Jacobson• September 5, 2025
David McKinley stated on November 15, 2018 in a tweet:
The United States "spends more on potato chips than we do on ALL energy R&D."
By Kristen Mohammadi, Lili Zecevic• December 6, 2018
Joe Biden stated on January 28, 2019 in remarks in Fort Lauderdale:
"There was virtually no new business investment" after the 2017 tax law. "The bulk was used to buy back their own stock."
By Louis Jacobson• February 4, 2019
Ryan Zinke stated on February 23, 2018 in a panel at the conservative CPAC conference:
"Under the previous administration it was … $100 to fill a car. American energy has delivered. Now it's $60. That’s $40 you have in your pocket … that you wouldn’t have."
By Louis Jacobson• February 26, 2018
Barack Obama stated on May 05, 2008 in a television interview:
A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 6, 2008
Charlie Crist stated on November 18, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show":
"We’re the Sunshine State, and we’re hardly doing any solar energy production."
By Rochelle Koff• December 3, 2013

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