AI To Take 50% Of US Electricity Growth

By Douglas McIntyre  •  February 7, 2026

The IEA reports that electricity demand in the US will grow by 2% per year until 2030. Half of that will be for AI data centers. Douglas A. McIntyre, Editor-In-Chief of Climatecrisis247 explains

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