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Artificial Intelligence Insights

10 March 2025

AI and energy: The big picture

About this Episode

AI and cloud services growth is driving up US electricity needs, creating a supply-demand imbalance that will require innovations in grid technology, a balance between datacenter expansion and power infrastructure, and cross-sector coordination to mitigate environmental impacts.

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