Data center energy use set to spike ‘six-fold’ in a decade

Data center server room lit with green lights.

Artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, electric cars and heat pumps are the biggest constraints on the United Kingdom’s National Grid, according to its chief executive, John Pettigrew, who also called for ‘bold action’ if the grid is to remain fit for purpose.

In a speech shared on LinkedIn on March 26 (via BBC News), Pettigrew warned that ‘foundational technologies [...]  will mean larger scale, energy-intensive computing infrastructure’ to cope with a six-fold increase in demand.