Keeping AI From Eating All The Electricity

By Douglas McIntyre  •  October 28, 2025

Utility Duke Power says it has a way to keep AI from being an energy hog —at least for residential electricity customers. Load balancing keeps the data center usage low when residential use is high. It also stores electricity in batteries for when it is needed. The challenge is that no one has figured out how to do it at scale. Douglas A. McIntyre, Editor-In-Chief of Climatecrisis247, explains. More video: The world’s oil supply is now massive.

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