AI’s Growth Encounters the Power Grid: Batteries as the Next Infrastructure Edge
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AI’s rapid expansion is colliding with electricity supply: US data centers could drive electricity demand from about 167 TWh in 2023 to roughly 376 TWh by 2030, turning power into a frontline constraint. Batteries and energy storage are positioned as essential to time-shift and stabilize supply, making grid flexibility part of the AI infrastructure stack. Planned 24 GW of utility-scale battery storage in 2026 would be second only to solar among new capacity additions, underscoring that reliability and storage are key to sustaining AI growth.
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