AI data centres consumed an estimated 415 TWh of electricity globally in 2024, about 1.5% of world demand, and are projected to nearly double by 2030, reshaping grid planning in the United States, China, and Europe while triggering ratepayer conflicts, water-rights suits, and a race to contract nuclear generation.
The largest US electric grid operator, coordinating wholesale power for 67 million people across 13 states and DC, now under acute strain from AI data-center demand.
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美国最大电网的批发电价一年内几近翻倍；各州推行大负荷电价方案，外国影响力暗线令局势政治化