MIT Technology Review November 10, 2025
Casey Crownhart, MIT Technology Review’s senior climate reporter and Pilita Clark, FT columnist (and a former environment correspondent) ask whether power limitations are about to cost the US its technological advantage.
Welcome back to The State of AI, a new collaboration between the Financial Times and MIT Technology Review. Every Monday, writers from both publications debate one aspect of the generative AI revolution and how it is reshaping global power.
This week, Casey Crownhart, senior reporter for energy at MIT Technology Review and Pilita Clark, FT’s columnist, consider how China’s rapid renewables buildout could help it leapfrog on AI progress.
Casey Crownhart writes:
In the age of AI, the biggest barrier to progress isn’t money but energy. That should be...







