Using diesel generators to power the AI revolution would kill hundreds of Americans a year

Diesel generators sit outside a data center in Ashburn, Va. Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington Post via Getty Images

With U.S. electricity demand starting to rise quickly and expected to continue rising, largely because of the power needed for data centers that process artificial intelligence, people are looking for almost any potential solution.

And people are warning that the full projected demand may not actually develop, which could make massive investments in power plants unnecessary, raising Americans’ electricity rates even more.