Alan Kennedy

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Producing Canadian aluminum is energy-intensive. Creating a metric ton of this versatile material takes nearly 15,000 kilowatt hours–enough electricity to power a typical U.S. household for 16 months. With the U.S. planning to place tariffs on metals coming from Canada and increase its efforts to start domestic production, we ask: what would the replacement of 2.7 million metric tons of Canadian aluminum mean for America’s energy consumption?

Oct 30, 2024 | visualcapitalist.com | Alan Kennedy |Lebon Siu

Digital industries are booming, and so is data generation. Yahoo! Finance projects that the data storage industry alone could grow by nearly 18% annually, reaching $778 billion by 2030. As AI and telecommunications place increasing demands on digital infrastructure, the value and volume of data created and stored online could surge in the coming years. For this graphic, Visual Capitalist partnered with Global X ETFs to chart online data generation over the next few years.

Oct 30, 2024 | visualcapitalist.com | Alan Kennedy |Lebon Siu

Data centers come in various sizes, ranging from small server rooms to extensive facilities spanning multiple buildings. Businesses, organizations, and individuals use them to store and process data, run applications, and provide services. But how many data centers are there? For this graphic, Visual Capitalist partnered with Global X ETFs to determine who operates the largest number of data centers.

Oct 22, 2024 | visualcapitalist.com | Alan Kennedy |Lebon Siu

Workplace safety is critical. But did you know that almost one in three workers have experienced or know someone who has experienced severe harm as a consequence of their work in the last two years? For this graphic, Visual Capitalist has partnered with Lloyd’s Register Foundation to explore the landscape of workplace safety and determine which industry is the most dangerous.

Oct 9, 2024 | visualcapitalist.com | Alan Kennedy |Athul Alexander

Addiction is a complex subject, much of our understanding of which is incomplete, as many common and rewarding substances have the potential to be “addictive.” Still, the relative harm associated with that addiction is not linear, nor are the consequences of the addiction. For this graphic, Visual Capitalist partnered with the Global Kratom Coalition to explore the landscape of addictive substances and investigate why some substances have more risk than others.