Category: Publications

This week the International Energy Agency (IEA) put a number on the table worth pausing over: by 2030, the data centres powering artificial intelligence will consume as much electricity as an entire country — Japan. Sustaining that growth will require close to two trillion dollars in investment before the decade is out.

At the same time, another report released this same week — Deloitte’s Smart Manufacturing and Operations Survey 2025 — shows that industrial plants already using AI, automation and data analytics are seeing production gains of 10% to 20% and productivity gains of up to 20%. The same technology driving up global electricity demand is the one making factories more efficient. That’s the paradox — and the opportunity.

The demand for new data centre capacity is growing at an unprecedented pace, driven by the rise of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and the ever-increasing need for real-time digital services. However, this rapid growth runs headlong

To mark the third anniversary of the REPowerEU Plan, the European Commission has published an assessment highlighting the key role of renewable energy in transforming the EU’s energy system.