AI Poses Threat To North American Electricity Grid, Watchdog Warns
Financial Times, Tuesday, December 17th, 2024
Surging demand from tech sector could overwhelm generation capacity, report says
North America's electricity grid faces 'critical reliability challenges' as power generation fails to keep pace with surging demand from artificial intelligence, the industry watchdog has warned.
Soaring electricity consumption in the next decade, coupled with the closure of coal-fired plants, will place huge strain on US and Canadian grids, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation has found.