How Big Tech plans to feed AI’s voracious appetite for power
As data centres get more energy-hungry, the hyperscalers get more creative
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AMERICA’S tech giants are masters of the digital realm. Yet, as they bet stupendous sums on artificial intelligence (AI), their ambitions are facing constraints in the physical world.
Shortages of chips and data-centre equipment such as transformers and switching gear mean soaring prices and lengthy waits. Just as pressing is access to energy, as utilities struggle to match the demands of Silicon Valley.
Last week, US President Donald Trump published an “AI action plan” which describes America’s stagnating energy capacity as a threat to the country’s “AI dominance”. How is Big Tech coping with a worsening power crunch?
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