🇲🇽 Spanish, 17 October 2026, datacenter power
US Datacenters May Consume 12% of Country's Electricity by 2028
Rising energy demand from AI and datacenters puts pressure on US power grid
The increasing use of artificial intelligence is driving up energy demand in the US, with datacenters potentially accounting for up to 12% of the country’s electricity consumption by 2028.
This growing pressure on the power grid is raising concerns about the sustainability of the US datacenter industry and its reliance on non-renewable energy sources.