{"id":483,"date":"2025-04-23T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/?p=483"},"modified":"2025-04-27T19:17:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T23:17:47","slug":"how-ais-hunger-for-power-is-reshaping-our-energy-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/2025\/04\/how-ais-hunger-for-power-is-reshaping-our-energy-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"How AI\u2019s Hunger for Power is Reshaping our Energy Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AI is forcing a seismic shift in our energy landscape. News that China&#8217;s DeepSeek AI operates with up to 40 times less power than American competitors has already rattled markets and put its American counterparts on the defensive.\u00a0 Why? Currently, data centers devour 3% of US electricity\u2014with projections showing this could more than double to 8% by 2030, driven mainly by AI power needs. As tech giants pledge to triple nuclear capacity and researchers explore innovative energy solutions, fundamental questions arise about balancing technological progress with infrastructure realities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for a conversation with Braham Singh, a pioneer in data center development focusing on sustainable digital infrastructure and Executive Chairman of Verdana.io.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Alexa Raad and Leslie Daigle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Further reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/nuclear-google-meta-1.7482864\">Google, Meta pledge to triple nuclear capacity by 2050 as technology sees looming &#8216;renaissance&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/verdana.io\/white-paper-on-integrating-data-centers-with-a-microgrid\/\">White Paper on Integrating Data Centers with a Microgrid\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/ideas-made-to-matter\/ai-has-high-data-center-energy-costs-there-are-solutions\">AI has high data center energy costs \u2014 but there are solutions<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-025-00229-6\">China\u2019s cheap, open AI model DeepSeek thrills scientists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/en\/news\/dominion-energy-admits-it-cant-meet-data-center-power-demands-in-virginia\/#:~:text=%22The%20issue%20stems%20not%20from,their%20power%2C%20says%20Wells%20Fargo.\">Dominion Energy admits it can&#8217;t meet data center power demands in Virginia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldmansachs.com\/insights\/articles\/AI-poised-to-drive-160-increase-in-power-demand\">\u200b\u200bAI is poised to drive 160% increase in data center power demand<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The views and opinions expressed in this program are our own and may not reflect the views or positions of our employers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3483\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-483-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/content.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/20250408-BrahamSingh.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/content.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/20250408-BrahamSingh.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/content.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/20250408-BrahamSingh.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/content.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/20250408-BrahamSingh.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=483-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/content.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/20250408-BrahamSingh.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20250408-BrahamSingh.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/techsequences\/id1509826111?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6BgXkvatS6UgsTsJVi7BJE?si=N7tlTeOkTlOrg3Ysco2nbw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribeonandroid.com\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_android\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Android\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/techsequences\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_blubrry\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Blubrry\" rel=\"nofollow\">Blubrry<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI is forcing a seismic shift in our energy landscape. News that China&#8217;s DeepSeek AI operates with up to 40 times less power than American competitors has already rattled markets and put its American counterparts on the defensive.\u00a0 Why? 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