Resilience

Resiliency Becomes Watchword as AI Strains U.S. Infrastructure

Surging demand was reshaping investments in power, capacity, and redundancy.

Jericho Casper

Sep 18, 2025 — 2 min read

Photo of (left to right): Ed d’Agostino, Vice President, DE-CIX North America; Paul Brownell, Head of Global Public Policy & Government Affairs, Equinix; Carol Lane, Vice President of Government Relations, X-energy; and Rishi Iyengar (moderator), Global Technology Reporter, Foreign Policy, at the Resilient Critical Infrastructure Summit, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2025 – Artificial intelligence is straining power and connectivity systems, raising urgent questions about resiliency, experts on data centers, nuclear energy, and internet exchanges warned Thursday during a panel discussion on a topic with nationwide significance.

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Speaking at the Resilient Critical Infrastructure Summit hosted by Broadband Breakfast, executives from Equinix, X-energy, and DE-CIX said AI was shifting industries into a scramble for capacity, reliability, and speed.

Paul Brownell, who leads global government affairs for Equinix, said the company plans to double its capacity within five years to keep pace with compute demand. Equinix operates 270 colocation data centers worldwide, with nearly half a million interconnections between customers.