Data centers are placing unprecedented strain on electric grids across the country and across the world as the rapid integration of artificial intelligence into virtually every market sector unleashes an energy monster that we are woefully unprepared to feed. Meeting projected demand growth in coming months and years will require creative solutions and cutting-edge energy innovation, but it will also require an all-of-the-above approach that employs old energy systems in new ways. In one such attempt to keep up with AI data center demand growth,…