Artificial intelligence is advancing at a staggering pace—reshaping industries, economies, and how society functions. But behind every breakthrough lies a question few outside the energy sector ask: How will we power it all? Training and operating large-scale AI systems requires immense computing power. A single AI query can consume multiple times the electricity of a traditional search. Multiply that by billions of daily interactions, and the strain on global power systems b

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