Lights Out: Living in the Dark While the World Builds AI

730 million people have no electricity. Meanwhile, the world spent half a trillion dollars on data centers in a single year. This is the gap no one is talking about.

6/17/2026

A perspective on the world's most urgent energy paradox

730 million people have no electricity. Meanwhile, the world spent half a trillion dollars on data centres in a single year. This is the gap no one is talking about.