{"id":2455,"date":"2026-09-03T09:34:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talat.es\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2026-09-03T09:39:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:39:31","slug":"the-industry-powering-ai-why-the-next-great-engineering-project-is-the-power-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talat.es\/en\/the-industry-powering-ai-why-the-next-great-engineering-project-is-the-power-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"The Industry Powering AI: Why the Next Great Engineering Project Is the Power Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">We talk a lot about algorithms, but artificial intelligence is, above all, an infrastructure problem. According to the International Energy Agency&#8217;s (IEA) latest report, electricity demand from data centres surged 17% in 2025, while demand from AI-focused data centres specifically grew by 50% over the same period. The projection for 2030 is even more striking: from 485 TWh to 950 TWh globally, nearly doubling in five years. Just five major tech companies invested over $400 billion in 2025 alone \u2014 a figure that already exceeds global investment in oil and gas production.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This isn&#8217;t a minor detail for the industrial sector: it means AI has effectively become a first-tier industrial consumer, with the same grid, power, and planning demands as a steel mill or a chemical plant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We talk a lot about algorithms, but artificial intelligence is, above all, an infrastructure problem. According to the International Energy Agency&#8217;s (IEA) latest report, electricity demand from data centres surged 17% in 2025, while demand from AI-focused data centres specifically grew by 50% over the same period. 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