Artificial intelligence data centers are to devour a huge share of the world’s electricity growth over the next decade, according to the latest global view of BP.
The oil giant estimates that the data facilities that work on artificial intelligence applications will take 10 % of the growth of global demand for electricity by 2035. In the United States, this advanced number in the world can rise to 40 %, raising urgent questions about pressure on energy systems.
“SIS is apparently in databases to support artificial intelligence provides a new source of energy demand,” said BP. “This is particularly important in the markets like the United States, where energy demand growth has almost stopped.”
BP expects total global electricity demand to rise by 40 % by 2035 and nearly twice by 2050, largely driven by buildings, industry and electricity transportation. But the height of artificial intelligence adds a new wink: It is expected that the consumption of the data center will increase nine times by 2050, climbing from 1 % of global use in 2023 to 5 % of what will be much more.
The report warns that the effect of artificial intelligence may exceed the consumption of the data center. On the one hand, productivity gains may increase global energy demand by 15 % by 2035 – a 20 -time impact of data centers alone. On the other hand, Amnesty International can reduce demand through efficiency improvements in everything from industrial processes to heating.
Despite the green energy axis in recent years, the latest BP analysis confirms its return to the heavier focus on oil and gas. The report delays the timeline of the peak of oil demand, and a review of expectations up. BP now expects the demand for oil to reach 103.4 million barrels per day by 2030, with an increase in expectations last year of 101.2 million.
The group also referred to the consumer behavior as a major factor: car drivers hold older gasoline cars for a longer period, with an average age of vehicles from 12 to 15 years over the past decade. This transformation, along with the high stubborn demand for petrochemical, means that oil consumption will remain raised for a longer period of thinking.
On the current track, global emissions will decrease by only 25 % by 2050, which is much lower than the 90 % reduction required to face the 2C goal in Paris.
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