Megawatts, Not Tokens: AI, Energy and Sustainability

The real currency of AI is not the token. It is the megawatt. Every answer an AI gives starts as electricity. Somebody has to generate it, move it, cool it, and account for what it leaves behind. Written by someone who has built the power, not just used the prompt, this book takes you from the token on your screen to the turbine in the field, and to the data center in between. Inside: - What one gigawatt of AI capacity actually costs to own, and what it earns - Why the world's three largest gas turbine makers are sold out to the end of the decade - Why the wire matters more than the panel, and why grid queues now run five to ten years - What data centers really draw in water, heat and carbon, with every number sourced - Why the neighbors now hold the gate, and what that means for every data center project - How countries turn firm, clean power into an export Responsible AI is usually defined as balancing innovation, ethics and governance. But responsibility cannot begin at the prompt. Responsible AI starts with Responsible Build. Yasin Kasirga has spent more than twenty years building the power system artificial intelligence now runs on: over 11 gigawatts of it, with his teams, across five technologies and three continents. He has worked inside the COP process and runs Qasirga Advisory from Dubai. Every source in the book is listed in full, with live links, at yasinkasirga.com/books/sources