TD Original

$9 Trillion Collapse Machine

Alistair Alexander / Truthdig May 28, 2026 The AI boom has entered an uncharted, perilous new phase. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

TD Column

Is the AI Industry Reformable?

Michael Kwet / Truthdig May 27, 2026 Bernie Sanders and AOC have introduced a law to regulate AI. But its solutions are no match for the scale of the problem. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Technology

Artificial Hype, Authentic Resistance

Nolan Higdon / Truthdig May 26, 2026 Students are loudly booing references to AI at commencement speeches across the country. As they should. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

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Bombs Over Big Tech

Michael Kwet / Truthdig Apr 15, 2026 Are data centers legitimate military targets in the age of AI warfare? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Activism

Small-Town Pennsylvania Against the Data Centers

Edward Donnelly / DeSmog Mar 13, 2026 The residents of Archbald — population 7,500 — are fighting to prevent five complexes from engulfing their community. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Environment

The Nation’s Largest Public Utility Is Going Back to Coal

Katie Myers, Rebecca Egan McCarthy / Grist Feb 20, 2026 The Tennessee Valley Authority once prided itself on political independence. Data center demand and political pressure have it changing course from clean energy. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

Data Centers Are Scrambling to Power the AI Boom With Natural Gas

Naveena Sadasivam, Jake Bittle / Grist Feb 12, 2026 As tech giants find creative ways to generate electricity, they’re building a glut of new fossil fuel projects. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Post Holidays Energy

Christopher Weyant Dec 29, 2025 Dig deeper

Technology

The Koch Network Is Pushing Trump to Accelerate AI, Documents Show

Geoff Dembicki / DeSmog Dec 15, 2025 Right-wing political group Americans for Prosperity, backed by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch, sees data centers as part of a larger pro-fossil fuel agenda. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

Trying to End the Power Suck

Alistair Alexander / Truthdig Dec 12, 2025 A new coalition of 230 groups demands an immediate stop to all new AI data centers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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The Fight to Stop Data Center Creep

Zeb Larson / Truthdig Dec 8, 2025 Generative AI isn’t inevitable, and people are already fighting hard to keep power-hungry data centers out of their communities. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )