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Hardware·Jul 21·all news from July 21, 2026

Data centers expected to use 4x more electricity by 2035

Projections indicate that global data center electricity consumption will quadruple by 2035 to meet the growing demands of artificial intelligence and cloud computing. This rapid escalation in energy needs poses significant infrastructure challenges, as new facilities constructed over the next decade are expected to require as much power as the entire nation of India currently consumes.

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