The AI infrastructure arms race has gone feral — and the people closest to it are breathing the consequences.

This week we're covering three stories that together paint a picture of an industry that has decided the rules don't apply when compute is on the line.

The argument isn't that data centers are bad. It's that fossil-fuel-powered data centers are — and we have the technology to build them differently right now. The only thing missing is the will.

We also get into why the current administration is making this worse: freezing clean energy permits, gutting renewable tax credits, and fast-tracking AI infrastructure while blocking the tools that could power it cleanly.