06-17-2026, 03:02 PM
(06-17-2026, 10:04 AM)Wao nahele kane Wrote: Projections show this rising toward 3% by 2030 under base-case scenarios — significant, but hardly apocalyptic when weighed against what it replaces..."Best case", as in the least energy intensive I would imagine.
"By 2030–2035, data centers could account for 20% of global electricity use, putting an immense strain on power grids."
Mahmut Kandemir, Penn State Comp Sci
the US average.
"Given the direction AI is headed—more personalized, able to reason and solve complex problems on our behalf, and everywhere we look—it’s likely that our AI footprint today is the smallest it will ever be. According to new projections published by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in December, by 2028 more than half of the electricity going to data centers will be used for AI. At that point, AI alone could consume as much electricity annually as 22% of all US households."
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05...-big-tech/