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Key Questions on Energy and AI Webinar
…and AI, examines how the energy and AI nexus has evolved amid surging investment in data centres and rapid advances in model capabilities. Drawing on fresh datasets and analysis, it explores where electricity demand is rising, how quickly grids and supply chains can respond, and what these shifts mean for energy security, affordability and sustainability.In this webinar for stakeholders, IEA Director of Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks Laura Cozzi and the report's lead authors will present its key findings (slides available here), after which they will hold a panel discussion with executives from government and the technology and energy…
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The relationship between energy and AI is evolving rapidly
…of billions of dollars of additional investment into AI, while the technology itself and the ways in which it’s used have continued to develop rapidly. At the same time, the deployment of AI is increasingly constrained by a range of physical bottlenecks, including for energy, raising questions about the rate at which it can expand in the near term. In this episode, IEA analysts Siddharth Singh and Thomas Spencer – the lead authors of a new report on energy and AI – unpack these developments and their implications. They explain what energy and AI’s special relationship looks like in 2026…
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Data Centres
Data Centres
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Iron and steel
Iron and steel
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New podcast episode delves into evolving relationship between energy and AI
…critical relationship between energy and artificial intelligence looks like in 2026 and how it could continue to evolve in the years ahead.Now available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, the episode features a conversation with Siddharth Singh and Thomas Spencer, the lead authors of a new IEA report on this subject. Based on the latest data and analysis, they discuss what has changed since they first appeared on the podcast to discuss energy and AI a year ago – from developments in AI technology and how it is used to the range of physical bottlenecks, including for energy, now constraining AI’s expansion and…
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Estimated air conditioner penetration by income quintile in Europe & Central Asia, East Asia and Pacific and sub-Saharan Africa
Space Cooling Buildings Electricity
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Total data centre electricity demand covered by renewables PPAs
Data centres Artificial Intelligence Renewables