AI Data Centres Could Consume 6% of China’s Electricity by 2030
What Happened
A Wood Mackenzie report forecasts that China's data centres will quadruple electricity consumption to 774 TWh by 2030, driven by the rapid growth of AI training and inference workloads. Data centres could account for 6% of China’s total electricity demand by 2030, up significantly from current levels.
Key Takeaways
AI is emerging as an energy-security issue as much as a technology opportunity. China's experience highlights the need for India to build sufficient power and renewable capacity alongside its expanding AI and data-centre ecosystem.