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Alex Fisher

Alex Fisher currently works as a Civic Fellow at the Close Up Foundation. Originally from Illinois, he attended Boston College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science. Before joining Close Up in 2025, Alex worked in various positions in local Illinois politics.

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Economic Issues

Who Should Pay for the Electricity That Powers AI?

May 06, 2026

As artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models like ChatGPT become more ubiquitous in American life, “tech giants such as Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon are predicted to spend $364 billion this year to accelerate the construction of new data centers” across the United States.1 Data centers are facilities that house servers, storage systems, networking […]