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Data Center Boom Sparks Utility Spending—But How Real Is the Demand?

There is no doubt that AI advancements and data centers will be sucking up more electricity in the coming years, and power demand in the United States will grow after a decade of stagnation. What’s in doubt is how much additional power-generating capacity the AI boom will need and how electric utilities will navigate through the complex supply-demand balances in various regions. U.S. power utilities have announced billions of U.S. dollars in cap…

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AI's energy demands exaggerated

Artificial intelligence will only moderately increase global electricity demand by 2050, according to a new report. Generally it’s been said AI will need so much power it will drain grids without more capacity but a report by Energy Intelligence says the estimates are wrong. They looked at the future impact of AI across the energy sector, including electricity use, policy and the low-carbon transition. While AI rollout will drive short-term powe…

Could AI outgrow the world’s power supply?

Caroline Hargrove, Chief Technology Officer at Ceres, explains why new clean energy technologies – including fuel cells – may be the key to meeting AI’s voracious power demands sustainably. AI was already poised to drive a 160% increase in data centre power demand before Trump announced a $500 billion investment in Stargate, and Apple announced an identical investment in its own AI infrastructure. According to Goldman Sachs, a ChatGPT query need…

AI’s Power Problem: How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping the

For decades, U.S. electricity demand grew at a predictable, modest pace. Utilities could plan around gradual increases driven by population growth and economic activity. But that era is over. A dramatic shift is underway, one that could define the next decade of energy infrastructure—and investment opportunity. At the heart of this transformation lies the exponential growth of artificial..