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Elon's Former Battery Chief: AI Data Centers Will Make Electricity Cheaper

Gradient Dissent by Lukas Biewald

Aug 18, 202601:34:09Technology

Can today's power grid handle the explosive growth of AI data centers? Tesla Alum Drew Baglino , now founder & CEO of Heron Power , doesn't think so. In this episode, he joins Lukas Biewald to talk about why scaling comp...

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