AI is coming. Is there enough power to run it?
AI is coming. Is there enough power to run it?  
Podcast: Reasonably Optimistic
Published On: Wed Feb 25 2026
Description: We hear a lot about what artificial intelligence can do. We hear a lot less about what it takes to run it. The explosion of AI depends on massive data centers — and massive amounts of energy. Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) joins host Megan McArdle to discuss how his views on AI have evolved, and to explore how his state — and the nation — can meet the energy and infrastructure demands of the AI boom.Subscribe to The Washington Post here.