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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 and predictably, giving utilities comfortable margins to plan capacity years in advance. That model broke almost overnight. Between 2023...
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