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Mike Slattery, environmental sciences professor, Director of Research in the Ralph Lowe Energy Institute and Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies, recently published a guest commentary examining the growing energy demands of artificial intelligence and the challenges facing Texas power infrastructure. The piece, “AI Is Eating the Grid: Texas Has Five Years to Feed It,” highlights the implications of AI-driven electricity consumption, particularly in energy-producing regions such as the Permian Basin.