The Grid’s Breaking Point: Can AI Save the Infrastructure It’s About to Crash?

The Grid’s Breaking Point: Can AI Save the Infrastructure It’s About to Crash?

April 22, 2026 · 25 min

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The episode discusses how real-time power flow optimization can help manage the energy demands of AI on existing infrastructure.

SUMMARY: How real-time power flow optimization at the edge is helping data centers and the electrical grid handle surging AI energy demands more efficiently. By unlocking hidden capacity and dynamically managing power systems, we explain how existing infrastructure can support significantly more compute without massive new buildouts. GUEST: Marissa Hummon, CTO Utilidata SHOW: 1021 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Reasoning Show #1021 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ItcpU8UjOFE SHOW SPONSORS: Nasu...

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