The Power Grid Bottleneck: How the AI Boom is Rewriting Data Center Site Selection
Executive Overview The explosive global expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) and high-density computing workloads has thrust energy access into the position of the singular, definitive filter for data center development. According to data from the Energy Institute’s 2026 Statistical Review of World Energy, US data centers consumed an estimated 312.6 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in…
