Power supplies are vital to every organization, but as our lead articles demonstrate, electricity can be used to create problems. We examine how it’s being weaponized globally, causing humanitarian crises and economic disruption. Meanwhile, yet another analyst confirms the stunning data-center growth is threatening power projects and consumers. 

With data centers and AI enterprises consuming energy faster than is sustainable, it soon may be possible to transmit energy by light, reducing latency and scaling infrastructure without proportional increases in power consumption. 

Read about these topics and more inside this issue. 

—Theresa Houck, Senior Editor