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Author Todd Thomas explores how AI Data Centers are changing infrastructures and the power they produce in a positive way in the book “HYPERSCALE: AI, Data Centers, and the Next Great Expansion of Global Energy Capacity.”
The Synopsis
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the global economy at unprecedented speed. But behind every breakthrough in AI lies a far bigger challenge and opportunity: energy.
In Hyperscale, Todd Thomas, Best Selling Author of The Unleashing Abundant Energy Trilogy, pulls back the curtain on one of the most important and least understood transformations of our time. As hyperscale AI data centers grow to gigawatt scale, they are no longer passive consumers of electricity. They are becoming power producers, grid stabilizers, and central drivers of economic expansion.
“We’re proving that sustainability and strong economic growth can go hand in hand. We don’t have to choose between what’s right for the environment and what’s good for our communities. We can and must do both.”
— Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan
Hyperscale explores how data centers are evolving into power-positive infrastructure through innovations such as virtual power plants, landfill mining, advanced nuclear and fusion energy, battery intelligence, waste-heat reuse, and renewable integration that scales without sacrificing reliability.
Grounded in real-world projects and industry data, this book provides a clear blueprint for how AI infrastructure can grow without breaking the grid or the planet. It connects the digital economy to the physical systems that sustain it and shows how abundance, resilience, and sustainability can advance together.
For leaders in technology, energy, finance, policy, construction, and infrastructure, Hyperscale is essential reading.
The digital economy and the energy economy are now the same economy.
Those who understand this shift will help build what comes next.
The Review
This book was very detailed and well written. The author writes in a clear, concise voice that outlines the growth of not only AI but the data centers that are powering these systems and how much power that utilizes. The sheer volume of gigawatts and overall power that these centers produce per second, let along per hour, are astonishing, and showcase how delicate and outdated the current electrical grid is to handle such power, and yet the author does a remarkable job of outlining the innovative solutions many companies are taking to become self reliant and build their own energy sources to power these data centers.
The book definitely speaks to the technical minded readers of the world who share a passion for AI, energy distribution and the science behind energy overall. The author touches on several approaches to this topic, one of which was very interesting, Helion Energy and the process of ignition. The level of detail the author goes into and the exploration of thermonuclear fusion, deliverable electricity and so much more expands on the ways in which the need for energy is being met at a staggering rate.
The Verdict
Insightful, compelling, and engaging, author Todd Thomas’s “Hyperscale” is a must-read nonfiction book on AI and energy infrastructures. The author is able to pull in a lot of information and detail into a fast-paced book, and the knowledge readers gain speaks to the growing advancement of not just AI, but the way energy is produced and how the world itself, including humanity, must evolve and rise to meet these needs head on. If you haven’t yet, be sure to grab your copy today!
Rating: 10/10
About the Author
Todd Thomas is a recognized voice in AI, energy, innovation and entrepreneurship. Todd is the best selling author of Hyperscale and the Unleashing Abundant Energy Trilogy. Todd has built his career harnessing emerging technologies to drive efficiencies and create new commercialization opportunities across industries.
Todd is the Founder & CEO of Woodchuck, a climate impact startup dedicated to transforming waste into value, reducing landfill usage, and unleashing an abundant energy future!
Todd has an Economics degree from Claremont McKenna College and has studied Strategy Execution at the Harvard Business School. Todd holds a Masters degree in Education from the Claremont Graduate School and has an MBA and a Masters in Economics from the WP Carey School of Business, ASU.
