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AI’s Obstacle: Why the Grid Can’t Keep Pace With the Data Center Boom

Data Centers Power & Cooling

August 5, 2026 at 9:53 AM ET Source: POWER Magazine

Growth in artificial intelligence (AI) is outpacing the world’s ability to generate enough power to sustain it. As AI adoption accelerates worldwide, it’s colliding with a power system that wasn’t built for its level of demand. Vittorio Pierangeli, senior vice president PowerGen at Rolls-Royce Power Systems (Figure 1), explains why electricity, not chips or algorithms, [...]