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Data centre power use 'to surge six-fold in 10 years' due to boom in artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing, National Grid predicts (www.bbc.com)

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Chief executive John Pettigrew said the grid was becoming "constrained" and "bold action" was needed to create a network able to cope with "dramatically" growing demand.

"Future growth in foundational technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing will mean larger scale, energy-intensive computing infrastructure," Mr Pettigrew said.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Add to this the increase of electric cars.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It includes that.

"Demand on the grid is growing dramatically, and forecast to double by 2050 as heat, transport and industry continue to electrify."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Thank you. I missed that part.