Data Centers: How Looser Efficiency Rules Drive Up Electricity Demand

By with∅ut-me 02.10.2026 at 16:06 Uhr IT & Internet Pollution
TL;DR AI-generated Looser efficiency rules for new data centers could lead to an additional electricity demand of around 42 terawatt-hours by 2045, according to a Fraunhofer Institute analysis. This would incur extra costs of approximately 3.75 billion euros and prolong reliance on fossil fuels.

Source: heise.de

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