US power demand to reach record highs in 2026–2027 driven by AI and data centers
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2 hours ago
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| reuters.com
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Sol-
1 hour ago
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Civilization needs energy, not a problem per se. Just generate more, preferably from sustainable sources.
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gregman1
1 hour ago
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But where are these data centers? Iirc majority of these new builds are on hold.
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latentframe
2 hours ago
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It seems that AI is stopping being just a compute problem and becomes now an energy problem Power infrastructure scales really slower than chips so this could become a real important constraint.
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aurareturn
1 hour ago
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This has been true for a few years now. US is gated by power. China is gated by advanced chips.
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