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Data centers expected to use 4x more electricity by 2035
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Tim De Chant
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A new report from BloombergNEF predicts that U.S. data center electricity consumption will quadruple by 2035 due to the rapid expansion of AI compute capacity. This surge is expected to strain electrical grids and drive up energy costs significantly.
Data centers are expected to use one-fifth of the electricity generated in the U.S. by 2035, four times that of today, according to a new report from BloombergNEF .
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