“Microsoft alone is opening a new data centre globally every three days. These power hungry operations will together consume more than 480 terawatt hours of electricity, or almost a tenth of total U.S. power deman, by 2035, up from 4.5 percent in 2025,” ACCORDING TO THE FINANCIAL TIMES. “AI’s soaring energy needs will rise well beyond what renewable energy and batteries can deliver, executives argue, making more planet-warming fossil fuel supplies crucial even as governments vow to slash their use.”
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