Tuesday, 17 March, 2026
AI Data Centers to Fuel Massive Power Surge by 2030
By Isha
A Goldman Sachs report predicts that energy-intensive AI data centers will cause global data center power consumption to surge by 160% by 2030. This sharp rise follows a decade of stagnant power demand growth and is set to reshape the energy landscape. The report highlights that securing new power capacity is challenging due to bottlenecks in transmission and long timelines for bringing new power plants, like gas and nuclear, online.
Read full story at Economic Times