Jason Plautz

Trump, atoms, AI and the Texas data center gusher Fermi America wants to build a massive private nuclear-powered energy grid for artificial intelligence. Can the brassy avatar of Trump’s risk-taking tech economy survive?

Want to understand Trump's tech and energy agenda? Look to this 6,000-acre stretch of dusty plains outside of Amarillo. My dive into Fermi America's ambitious, risky, audacious and Trump-coded data center play. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Tell POLITICO Management: AI should work with journalists, not against us! Last year, PEN Guild members ratified a groundbreaking first contract that included some of the strongest provisions in the industry around artificial intelligence. These protections not only gave uni...

I just signed this petition to support PEN Guild in its fight to make POLITICO management hold AI to the same ethical standards as its journalists. Humans, care to join me? actionnetwork.org/petitions/ai...

Want to build a gas plant? Get in line. A program in Texas shows how political enthusiasm can’t escape the limits of the supply chain.

Want to build a gas plant? Get in line.

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‘We have real lives at stake’: Trump impedes Arizona tribe’s energy lifeline The Hopi Tribe wants to use clean energy to replace the shuttered Navajo Generating Station. Those projects are now at risk.

"We have real lives at stake."
For the Hopi Tribe, the Trump funding freeze isn't just about numbers on a spreadsheet -- stalled projects could determine whether households get reliable electricity or not.

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Energy is AI’s barrier to entry. David Sacks knows it. President Donald Trump’s adviser on artificial intelligence wants the U.S. to go big on data centers. Powering the tech boom is a harder question.

David Sacks may not be an energy wonk. But as Trump's AI and Crypto czar, his work to unshackle the tech industry will have huge implications for the grid and the climate. Where does he stand? www.eenews.net/articles/ene...