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AI Boosts Tech's Energy Demand

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AI supercharges data center energy use – straining the grid and slowing sustainability efforts

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Just 15 states contain 80% of the data centers in the U.S. Some states such as Virginia have over 25% of their electricity consumed by data centers.

The energy needs of AI are shifting the calculus of energy companies. They’re exploring previously untenable options, such as restarting a nuclear reactor at the Three Mile Island power plant.

It is immensely difficult to integrate hundreds of megawatts of electricity demand into already strained grids.

Analysts project the market for smaller-scale edge data centers to grow by over 20% in the next five years .

Edge data centers can reliably add computing power to dense, urban regions without further stressing the grid.

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