Microsoft's $1 billion Kenya AI data center project hits a major hurdle as the government says it would require switching off 'half the country' to meet power needs

Analog electrometer is measuring electricity consumption.

• Kenya says its electricity grid cannot sustain the proposed one-gigawatt Microsoft facility demand
• President Ruto warns powering the project would require nationwide electricity rationing measures
• The initial 100-megawatt phase already strains Olkaria geothermal output capacity

A proposed Microsoft 1-gigawatt data center in Kenya would demand so much electricity that the nation simply cannot supply that power.