AI's Future Impact On Global Electricity Demand

According to PANews, Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, stated that the current electricity usage by artificial intelligence (AI) accounts for only a small fraction of global electricity demand, approximately 1.5%. There remains significant uncertainty about how this figure will evolve in the future. By 2035, AI's electricity demand is expected to constitute a few percentage points of the overall substantial increase in electricity demand. While AI will contribute to the growth in electricity consumption, it will not be the primary driving factor.