US Power Grid Faces Strain from Surging Data Center Demand

The US power grid is reportedly unprepared for the projected 50 percent increase in global data center power demand by 2027, with AI workloads expected to account for a significant portion of this surge.

28 Apr, 23:15 — 28 Apr, 23:15

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The US Grid Wasn't Built For This

The US Grid Wasn't Built For This Authored by Tejasri Gururaj via Interesting Engineering, Global data center power demand is projected to hit 84 GW by 2027—a 50 percent jump from 2023 levels—with AI workloads accounting for 27 percent of that total, according to Goldman Sachs Research. The grid is strained by increasing demand from electricity-hungry data centers and electric vehicles.Getty Images The grid cannot keep up with AI. For decades, electricity demand grew slowly an...

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First report: nikkei-asia · 28 Apr, 20:05|Full coverage: 2 · 3h|Window: 3h

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