Powering the AI boom without breaking the grid
SMRTR summary
AI's explosive growth is straining power grids that were never built for this kind of demand. A single data center can double a utility's peak load overnight, yet grid infrastructure takes up to ten years to build. Without $500–700 billion in investment and hundreds of thousands more power engineers by 2030, higher prices, blackouts, and stalled AI growth loom ahead.
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