Across the country, Americans are using the internet at every hour of every day. According to a 2024 Pew Research Poll, 96% of adults reported using the internet at least occasionally on a mobile device. That number has risen gradually since May 2000, when just 48% reported occasional use. With more people online, energy providers have begun preparing for a higher demand for electricity.

“The internet use was overstated, as it turns out, at least in the early going. And then it caught up, and we saw the consumptive use later,” Constellation President and CEO Joseph Dominguez said.

But when it comes to new artificial intelligence, Dominguez says widespread usage happened almost immediately and has expanded faster than the internet boom. White House A.I. and Crypto Czar David Sacks agrees.

“The adoption is faster than any previous technology. It’s faster than the internet, it’s faster than the iPhone. So, it’s being adopted very quickly,” Sacks said. “Still, roughly half the public hasn’t tried it yet.”

Fox News Polling shows 57% of registered voters rarely or never use artificial intelligence. Twenty-seven percent said they use the technology daily. Usage could be driven by their opinion of the technology. Those who saw A.I. as bad for society were less familiar with it and said they used it rarely (77%). Those who consider A.I. a good thing used it more regularly (47%). Experts believe A.I. use will only increase.

“OpenAI’s ChatGPT, when they launched, was the fastest-growing adoption of any consumer technology product ever back in November 2022, but that’s a drop in the bucket as to what they have now,” said senior advisor Gregory Allen with the Wadhwani A.I. center at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

In order to supply the increasing demand and continue advancing A.I. technology, data centers are providing a 24-hour connection.

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“Running all of these computational resources that modern A.I. needs requires an awful lot of electricity,” Allen said.

A.I. models are frequently trained to remain relevant. Software requires regular updates and new data centers need large cooling systems to keep everything running. Allen says the largest A.I. algorithms will require between 1 and 5 gigawatts of electricity to operate.

“One gigawatt is about one Hoover Dam’s worth of electricity. So, imagine five Hoover Dams being used to just power one data center full of one company’s A.I.,” Allen said.

The growing complexity and need for updated infrastructure has put a strain on available resources.

“Data centers have become very large. So when you think about it, we need land that needs to be zoned. We need to get permits so that we can build these facilities, and we need to bring more electricity,” Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith said.

Data centers are often clustered in certain areas. According to the Northern Virginia Regional Commission, the area’s 250 facilities handle around 70% of global internet traffic. In areas with high concentration, tech companies can face delays in connecting to the grid. Overseas, some countries and localities have placed restrictions on how many data centers can be built. Stateside, Dominguez says President Donald Trump has taken some actions to help speed up some of the permitting processes.

“The executive orders are now cutting through a lot of the red tape, and effectively we’re not required to do things that we were required to in the past,” Dominguez said.

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Facebook parent Meta Platforms will invest $800 million in a nearly 1-million square foot hyperscale data center in Kansas City, Missouri. (Meta/Kansas City Area Development Counci)

Before a nuclear site is built, producers are required to obtain an early site permit that checks geology, site conditions and whether a new facility can be built. 

“It makes sense if you’ve never built a nuclear reactor in that place before. But in our case, we have existing reactors that have operated in these communities for decades,” Dominguez said. “Currently the NRC regulations require us to go through a laborious exercise that costs about $35 million a pop to verify what we already know and that is that nuclear could go there. As a result of the president’s executive orders, that’s no longer gonna be required.”

Once a nuclear site is up and running, future data centers could also plug in directly to the site. Electricity would be in constant supply.

“It runs like a freight train day or night, winter or summer, regardless of weather condition,” Dominguez said.

Nuclear plants operate at full capacity, more so than any other energy source, making it a reliable choice for tech companies.

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Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant in Salem Township, Pennsylvania. (Fox News / Fox News)

“Nuclear power is a good source of electricity for A.I. and many other things as well,” Smith said. “In the United States, we’ve gone many decades without adding new sources of nuclear power.”

U.S. reactors supply nearly 20% of the nation’s power. The 93 nuclear generators create more electricity annually than the more than 8,000 wind, solar and geothermal power plants combined. Dominguez said that 24/7 energy supply may never be necessary and having a mix of sources is important. Constellation also develops solar energy along with nuclear.

“We have to develop 20 times as much solar to get the same impact as one megawatt of nuclear energy,” Dominguez said.

New Delhi: In an attempt to integrate legal work in courts with artificial intelligence, Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) has opened a one-of-its-kind e-research library at the Rouse Avenue courts. Inaugurated on July 5 by law minister Kapil Mishra, the library has various software to assist lawyers in their legal work. With initial funding of Rs 20 lakh, BCD functionaries told TOI that they are also planning the expansion of the library to be accessed from anywhere.Named after former BCD chairman BS Sherawat, the library boasts an integrated system, including the legal research platform SCC Online, the legal research online database Manupatra, and an AI platform, Lucio, along with several e-books on law across 15 desktops.Advocate Neeraj, president of Central Delhi Bar Court Association, told TOI, “The vision behind this initiative is to help law practitioners in their research. Lawyers are the officers of the honourable court who assist the judicial officer to reach a verdict in cases. This library will help lawyers in their legal work. Keeping that in mind, considering a request by our association, BCD provided us with funds and resources.”The library, which runs from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm, aims to develop a mechanism with the help of the evolution of technology to allow access from anywhere in the country. “We are thinking along those lines too. It will be good if a lawyer needs some research on some law point and can access the AI tools from anywhere; she will be able to upgrade herself immediately to assist the court and present her case more efficiently,” added Neeraj.Staffed with one technical person and a superintendent, the facility will incur around Rs 1 lakh per month to remain functional.With pendency in Delhi district courts now running over 15.3 lakh cases, AI tools can help law practitioners as well as the courts. Advocate Vikas Tripathi, vice-president of Central Delhi Court Bar Association, said, “Imagine AI tools which can give you relevant references, cite related judgments, and even prepare a case if provided with proper inputs. The AI tools have immense potential.”In July 2024, ‘Adalat AI’ was inaugurated in Delhi’s district courts. This AI-driven speech recognition software is designed to assist court stenographers in transcribing witness examinations and orders dictated by judges to applications designed to streamline workflow. This tool automates many processes. A judicial officer has to log in, press a few buttons, and speak out their observations, which are automatically transcribed, including the legal language. The order is automatically prepared.The then Delhi High Court Chief Justice, now SC Judge Manmohan, said, “The biggest problem I see judges facing is that there is a large demand for stenographers, but there’s not a large pool available. I think this app will solve that problem to a large extent. It will ensure that a large pool of stenographers will become available for other purposes.” At present, the application is being used in at least eight states, including Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Odisha, Haryana and Punjab.

83% of survey respondents prefer AI search over traditional Googling. LLMO agency, Optimized Artificial Intelligence, calls it the “new default,” not a trend.

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A new survey reported by “Innovating with AI Magazine” confirms what forward-looking brands have already begun to suspect: 83% of users say they now prefer AI search tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude over traditional Googling.(1) For Optimized Artificial Intelligence, a leading AI optimization agency founded by SEO veteran Damon Burton, this marks not a momentary shift but the dawn of a new default in digital behavior.

“This survey isn’t surprising. It’s validating,” said Burton, Founder of Optimized Artificial Intelligence and President of SEO National. “Consumers are clearly signaling that they no longer want to wade through pages of links. They want direct, synthesized answers, and they’re finding them through AI search platforms. That changes the entire playbook for SEO.”

The “Innovating with AI Magazine” report notes that ChatGPT now sees over 200 million weekly active users and that Google’s market share has dipped below 90% for the first time in nearly a decade. Tools like Microsoft’s Copilot, Claude by Anthropic, and Perplexity AI are redefining how information is retrieved and who gets cited.

Brands Can’t Rely on Legacy Search Alone

Optimized Artificial Intelligence has been at the forefront of large language model optimization (LLMO), a strategic evolution of SEO that prepares content not just for ranking on SERPs but for retrieval, citation, and trust in generative AI tools.

“The reality is, most businesses are still optimizing for a search engine that’s disappearing from user behavior,” said Burton. “Google isn’t dying, but it’s being re-prioritized. If your content isn’t LLM optimized by being structured, cited, and semantically relevant, you’re already losing opportunities.”

OAI’s proprietary approach to LLMO, also called generative engine optimization (GEO), includes:

• Entity-first schema structuring
• Semantic content clustering for LLM retrieval
• Platform-specific tuning for ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Perplexity, and more
• Reputation signal optimization to increase brand inclusion in AI-generated summaries

Why This Matters for the Future of Discovery

The “Innovating with AI Magazine” report also highlights challenges: hallucinations, misinformation, and a lack of third-party visibility. But Burton argues this is precisely why strategy matters now more than ever.

“Hallucinations are a technical challenge, but they’re also a signal. LLMs choose what they cite based on structure, clarity, and trust. If your brand isn’t showing up in AI-generated responses, it’s not because AI search is broken. It’s because your content isn’t optimized for how these models think.”

Call to Action for Forward-Thinking Brands

As Google cannibalizes its own SERPs in favor of AI Overviews and third-party visibility continues to shrink, Burton urges brands to adapt and fast: “This is the end of traditional SEO as we knew it. But it’s the beginning of something better: precision-targeted, AI-friendly optimization that earns trust, not just traffic.”

To learn more about SEO for AI search engines and how to get found and cited across platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Copilot, visit www.OptimizedArtificialIntelligence.com.

(1) https://innovatingwithai.com/is-ai-search-replacing-traditional-search/

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