Up to 20% of US data centers are currently at risk due to community backlash.

The US faces a shortage of 500,000-600,000 electricians for data center construction alone.

“You're 500 to 600,000 electricians short just for data centers. Broadband 150,000.”

In a PJM capacity auction, utilities needed 7-8 gigawatts of new energy supply but only 156 megawatts materialized.

“They needed like seven or eight gawatt. They had 156 megawatts or something show up.”

Expected US load growth between now and 2050 will leave the country short by an amount equivalent to three entire Californias' worth of energy.

“If you just look at the load growth that's expected between now and 2050, we are about three entire California's worth of energy short.”

Up to 20% of all data centers in the US this year are at risk due to community backlash.

“Up to 20% of all data centers this year in the US, my understanding is are at risk.”

Critics have overstated the amount of water used by data centers by a factor of approximately 100,000.

“They're off by I think a factor of a 100,000 in the amount of water a data center uses.”

Data center water consumption concerns are largely overstated; a typical data center uses the same amount of water as two and a half In-N-Out Burger chains.

“A typical data center uses the same amount of water as two and a half in-n-out burgers.”

Data center water consumption in the US is approximately 0.017% of total US water consumption.

“It came out at about 0.017% of US water consumption.”