HOW AI AND CLOUD COMPUTING MAY DELAY THE TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGY
https://media.zenfs.com/en/reuters-finance.com/98ef0b0928f5cbda8a705801a350e57c
✍️ A surge in electricity demand from data centers is leading to a near-term increase in fossil fuel use, posing a challenge to global efforts to decarbonize power systems.
👉 Data center power demand is growing rapidly, driven by the rise of artificial intelligence and cloud computing. 👉 Utilities are adding new gas plants and delaying the retirement of fossil-fuel power plants to meet demand. 👉 Coal could be used to meet demand in some countries, including Poland and Germany. 👉 Data companies are committing to sourcing renewable energy and zeroing out emissions, but often this means siphoning clean power from the grid. 👉 The trend is posing a new obstacle to world governments, which are struggling to meet ambitious targets to decarbonize power systems.
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