Empowering power: how AI impacts energy systems

Apr 28, 2025

Greg Lindsay is an urban tech expert and a Senior Fellow at MIT. He’s also a two-time Jeopardy champion and the only human to go undefeated against IBM’s Watson. Greg joins thinkenergy to talk about how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping how we manage, consume, and produce energy—from personal devices to provincial grids. He also explores its rapid growth and the rising energy demand from AI itself. Listen in to learn how AI impacts our energy systems and what it means individually and industry-wide.

Related links:
Greg Lindsay website: https://greglindsay.org/
Greg Lindsay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-lindsay-8b16952/
International Energy Agency (IEA): https://www.iea.org/
Trevor Freeman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-freeman-p-eng-cem-leed-ap-8b612114/
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