Data centers could use 4x more electricity by 2035, report finds

A new report projects that data centers built through 2033 could consume as much electricity as all of India uses today, driven largely by AI compute demand.

Why it matters: This adds a concrete long-range number to the ongoing story of AI's energy footprint, which is already straining local grids and driving fights over gas pipelines, land use for power lines, and data-center moratoriums — the scale here suggests those local conflicts are still early innings.