BrianKrebs@briankrebs@infosec.exchange
This administration's recently redoubled efforts to kill federal funding /approval for wind and solar projects would seem to be directly at odds with the tech industry's insatiable need for more power to feed AI. How is this not glaringly obvious to everyone, including reporters who write about these topics?
BrianKrebs@briankrebs@infosec.exchange
bottom line: the administration's actions will almost certainly result in Americans paying a LOT more for power in the coming years, as demand exceeds supply and major infrastructure investments are needed just to accommodate data center needs.
from an IEA report earlier this year:
"In the United States, power consumption by data centres is on course to account for almost half of the growth in electricity demand between now and 2030. Driven by AI use, the US economy is set to consume more electricity in 2030 for processing data than for manufacturing all energy-intensive goods combined, including aluminium, steel, cement and chemicals. In advanced economies more broadly, data centres are projected to drive more than 20% of the growth in electricity demand between now and 2030, putting the power sector in those economies back on a growth footing after years of stagnating or declining demand in many of them."
https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2025/05/13/ai-needs-more-abundant-power-supplies-to-keep-driving-economic-growth
From the IMF:
"The world’s data centers consumed as much as 500 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2023, according to the most recent full-year estimate by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. That total, which was more than double the annual levels from 2015-19, could triple to 1,500 terawatt-hours by 2030, OPEC projects."
https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2025/05/13/ai-needs-more-abundant-power-supplies-to-keep-driving-economic-growth
