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AI's Real Bottleneck: Electricity Grid Can't Keep Up

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

AI data centers need 100 GW by 2030, equivalent to Spain's entire capacity. Grid connection delays have tripled since 2005, with US congestion costs hitting $11.5B in 2023. CEOs from Nvidia, Meta, and OpenAI all cite energy as the primary constraint.

Meridian48 take
The article correctly identifies a critical but overlooked bottleneck, though it understates that grid upgrades and nuclear/SMR deals are already accelerating.
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