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A Harvard Belfer Center analysis warns AI workloads will consume 9–11% of total U.S. electricity by 2030 and that corporate renewable pledges are structurally inadequate to prevent grid instability.
NextEra Energy's $67 billion all-stock acquisition of Dominion Energy creates the world's largest regulated utility—explicitly built to meet surging AI data center power demand.
AI data centers scale in 12 to 18 months. Renewable energy takes three to five years. Carbon Direct's 2026 outlook shows the mismatch is forcing hyperscalers into natural gas while climate commitments quietly erode.
MIT published a method to estimate AI energy consumption from chip architecture specs alone — giving grid planners and policymakers a faster way to project AI's power demand before systems are deployed.
A new U.S. energy outlook projects AI data centers will account for 55% of all electricity demand growth through 2050 — stressing the grid while paradoxically accelerating the renewable energy build-out as hyperscalers buy clean power at scale.
Data centers are projected to account for 55% of all US electricity demand growth over five years — and AI is the primary driver. A Carbon Direct analysis finds corporate climate commitments are structurally lagging behind AI's energy footprint.
U.S. data centers will drive 55% of new electricity demand growth over five years. Researchers say conventional grid expansion can't keep pace — and space solar plus multi-day storage may be the only answer.
Workable solutions to AI's power grid strain exist — but permitting bottlenecks, eliminated tax credits, and political obstacles are blocking 2,500 gigawatts of energy projects worldwide.
A new IoT Breakthrough analysis finds AI energy management and predictive appliance maintenance gaining real traction, while voice assistant novelty features remain largely unused in the $95.83B smart home market.