AI “hyperscalers” are companies like Microsoft, Meta, Amazon.com and Google that are building MASSIVE (as in millions of square feet) warehouses to hold their servers, known as hyperscale data centers. They’re energy vampires, each consuming enough electricity to power a small city, drink lakes worth of water, and are spreading like a rash across North America, threatening to lock in a large-scale growth in new fossil gas infrastructure. Check out our latest op-ed on why Microsoft has a responsi