… [T]he data center boom – driven by the proliferation of artificial intelligence and cloud computing – comes at a high cost. In our latest report, Data Center Impacts In the West: Policy Solutions for Energy and Water Use, we found that annual energy demands of Arizona’s three largest utilities – Arizona Public Service (APS), Salt River Project (SRP), and Tucson Electric Power (TEP) – will increase at a pace never before seen in the state’s history. … [W]e give policy recommendations designed to inform decision makers, advance the transition to clean energy, conserve scarce water resources, and protect electricity customers as we adapt to the sweeping change of AI.