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Emmet Penney
Emmet Penney is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation, a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow, and runs the Nuclear Barbarians newsletter on Substack.
Data Centers Are Not the Villain
The reason electric bills are rising isn’t data centers but years of disinvestment in power.
January 29, 2026
Emmet Penney
We’re Not Ready for the AI Power Surge
No one knows where the power needed to run the data centers popping up all over the United States will come from.
June 11, 2025
Emmet Penney
Why Europe’s Lights Went Out
Spain’s blackout is a cautionary tale of overreliance on wind and solar.
April 30, 2025
Emmet Penney
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