Title: AI, Geopolitics, and the Rebirth of Nikola Tesla: The Energy Dilemma of 2026 -OPINION JAN 12, 2026
- Ana Cunha-Busch
- Jan 11
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Title: AI, Geopolitics, and the Rebirth of Nikola Tesla: The Energy Dilemma of 2026 🌍⚡
By Luis Fernando De Carvalho
Artificial Intelligence is not just software; it is raw physical infrastructure. We are living through the "Second War of the Currents," where the thirst for processing power collides with the planet's thermodynamic limits and the tensions of Realpolitik.
As AI scales, the world faces a paradox: how to power massive data centers without setting back decades on climate goals?
📍 The Geopolitical Factor: Oil vs. Electrons
The recent movement regarding Venezuelan oil reserves is a clear symptom: despite the green rhetoric, energy security to sustain the digital world still seeks anchorage in 20th-century fossil paradigms.
But the solution is not in "burning more," but in "tuning better."
🔬 The Rescue of Nikola Tesla: Cold and Radiant Energy
The answer to the AI bottleneck may lie in Tesla's concepts that modern science is now beginning to validate:
* Cold Energy (Radical Thermodynamics): Instead of simply dissipating heat from data centers (waste), we should treat it as an energy asset. The transition from cooling to thermal regeneration transforms the server into an energy source for industry and cities.
* The End of the "Tyranny of the Wire": Tesla's vision of wireless transmission (Wardenclyffe) is reborn in collimated microwave technologies and AI-managed Smart Grids, eliminating the massive losses of centralized infrastructures.
* Energy Harvesting: Using environmental potential differential and residual microwaves to power the vast IoT sensor network, reducing reliance on chemical batteries.
🇧🇷 Brazil: The Hub of the "World Power Plant."
Brazil possesses the Matrix of Resonance. With ~90% clean energy, we shouldn't just be "server parking lots." We have the potential to lead Sovereign Green AI, anchoring Data Centers in Green Hydrogen complexes and wind farms, operating as "virtual batteries" that stabilize the national grid.
🏛️ A Manifesto for Governance
To prevent AI from fueling new conflicts over resources, we need:
* Mandatory Thermal Reuse Policies: Data Centers without heat recovery are criminal energy inefficiency.
* Technopolitical Decentralization: Local micro-grid networks that protect data and energy sovereignty.
Tesla's legacy for 2026 is not just patents, but a mental framework: thinking in terms of integrated and harmonious systems. Energy should serve evolution, not extraction.
Question for the network:
Are we ready to abandon the geopolitics of extraction in favor of a science of radical efficiency? How is your organization addressing the energy cost of AI?
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