Global Data Centers Face Doubling Electricity Demand Amid Tariff Strains

Electricity Demands of AI Data Centers to Double by 2030: IEA Report

A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) says there will be a steep rise in the electricity needed to power AI data processing, which will use more power in the United States by 2030 than the manufacturing of all other energy-intensive goods, including cement, aluminum, steel and chemicals. In the world’s advanced economies, data centers are predicted to drive over 20 percent of the increase in electricity demand through the end o…

University of Houston Law Center to Host Conference on the Future of the Electricity Grid

HOUSTON, April 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Demand for electricity is expected to soar in the coming decades, driven in part by the growing role of data centers and artificial intelligence. This increased demand raises questions about how to balance technological…

Lawmakers fear AI data centers will drive up residents’ power bills

Construction proceeds at a data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah, in 2021. Across the country, some state lawmakers are concerned that the growing data center industry is creating a surge in demand for new electricity and grid infrastructure. (George Frey/Getty Images) This is the second of two States Newsroom stories examining the implications of the growing need for electricity largely from artificial intelligence and data centers. Read the firs…

Due to the computing power requirements of the AI, the total consumption of these infrastructures is expected to account for 3% of global electricity.

Trade war could hurt data center growth

An escalating global tariff war could provide challenges for the emerging data centre sector and cause slower growth, Laura Cozzi, the International Energy Agency Director of Technology told Reuters. The United States, China and the European Union together are set to account by 2030 for 80 percent...

According to the International Energy Agency, this year alone, new server farms will be built for 500 billion dollars. Countries that rapidly expand electricity production have a competitive advantage.