It’s well documented that AI is a power-hungry technology. The result is an unprecedented look at the state of AI’s energy and resource usage, where it is now, where it is headed in the years to come, and why we have to get it right. Experts say inference is set to eclipse the already massive amount of energy required to train new AI models. + In Louisiana, where Meta plans its largest-ever data center, we expose the dirty secret that will fuel its AI ambitions—along with those of many others. + Why the clean energy promise of powering AI data centers with nuclear energy will long remain elusive.