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What’s driving electricity demand? It isn’t just AI and data centers.

Casey Crownhart

created: Feb. 20, 2025, 11 a.m. | updated: March 19, 2025, 5:36 p.m.

This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Electricity demand rose by 4.3% in 2024 and will continue to grow at close to 4% annually through 2027, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.  If that sounds…

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