Electricity demand from data centers is forecast to grow as much as 20% a year to the end of the decade, but will still account for just a tiny sliver of global power use, a report showed.
Much has been made of the huge strain on power supply and grids from the burgeoning artificial intelligence industry. Yet the share of demand from AI-driven data centers will rise to just 0.24% by 2026, according to a study by Abu Dhabi National Oil Corp., Masdar and Microsoft Corp.
The report adds to a growing