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Can the US Grid Keep Up with the Demand for AI?

Can the US Grid Keep Up with the Demand for AI?

Update: 2025-11-03
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Find out why a 1-2% increase in annual electricity demand could create stress to the US electrical grid. 

  

US electricity demand has been largely flat for 20 years, thanks to efficiency gains. But with rising power demand from AI, electric vehicles, and other forms of electrificationhow can the US grid keep up 

  

Join Steve Odland and guest Alex Heil, PhD, senior economist at the Economy, Strategy & Finance Center of The Conference Board, to find out the current pressures on power generation and distributionwhat kinds of investment are requiredand how higher power demand affects US businesses and consumers. 

  

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Can the US Grid Keep Up with the Demand for AI?

Can the US Grid Keep Up with the Demand for AI?

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