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Why Urgency Fades Before Risk Does

Hurricane Harvey, human nature, and the challenge of sustaining climate resilience

Why Urgency Fades Before Risk Does

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Grounds for Concern: The Macroeconomic Link Between Global Resilience and Your Morning Coffee

The Climate Surcharge on My Morning Coffee

Grounds for Concern: The Macroeconomic Link Between Global Resilience and Your Morning Coffee

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Resilience as Competitive Advantage: How Risk Is Reshaping Economic Geography.

The next decade’s winners and losers may be determined as much by resilience as by tax policy, workforce, or geography. Communities that…

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The Thirsty Data Center: Why Water Will Shape the Industry’s Future

Texas’s data center growth delivers substantial economic benefits, jobs, tax revenue, and infrastructure investment, yet it coincides with…

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Texas, the Cloud has a Land Problem

Can we have both AI supremacy and food security? We talk about the “Cloud” like it’s invisible. But it is made of concrete, steel, and…

Texas, the Cloud has a Land Problem

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From Geopolitics to Grid Stability: Why Geothermal Is Having Its Moment

The current geopolitical landscape, underscored by the recent conflict in Iran and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has fundamentally…

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Pigs in Space and Data Centers in Orbit

There has been growing discussion about putting data centers in space. Every time I hear the phrase, I am reminded of Pigs in Space, the…

Pigs in Space and Data Centers in Orbit

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The Thirsty Data Center: Why Water Will Shape the Industry’s Future

The Boom and the Challenge

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Building Resilient Data Centers in Texas: Turning Water Risk into Opportunity

Texas is riding high on data center optimism; policy clarity, ERCOT’s vast grid, and generous tax exemptions have made it a magnet for…

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Let America Build: Permitting Reform Is the Missing Link for $1.1T

America’s energy and AI future hinges on one overlooked problem: we cannot build fast enough. Over $1.1 trillion in grid investment is…

Let America Build: Permitting Reform Is the Missing Link for $1.1T

Gavin Dillingham, PhD

Gavin Dillingham, PhD

Executive Advisor, SLB Clean Energy; former CEO of Pythias Analytics — Optimizing Climate Risk Decision Making — https://medium.com/@gdillingham/

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