Electric utilities brace for surge in power demand from data centres

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As generative AI drives up power consumption and rack densities.

Electric utilities brace for surge in power demand from data centres
US electric utilities predict a tidal wave of new demand from data centres powering technology like generative AI, with some power companies projecting electricity sales growth several times higher than estimates just months earlier. Nine of the top 10 US electric utilities said data centres ...

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