Letter: Energy grid is stretched to the limits

Letter: Energy grid is stretched to the limits

To the Editor: The United States is at a critical turning point in how we generate and deliver electricity. Every day, our demand for power continues to rise due to increased energy use by consumers, the return of manufacturing jobs to the U.S., the growth of artificial intelligence, electrification of industries, and the expansion of data centers. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, we need to expand our power grid - what we call our “t…

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Electrical demand linked to artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to quadruple by 2030 if technology continues to grow at the current pace, according to the latest annual report of the International Energy Agency (IEA). Global energy consumption experienced "very strong growth" (+2.2%) in 2024, twice as fast as the annual average in the course of [...] The post Artificial Intelligence blows up energy consumption appeared first on ChannelNews.