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China hopes to power AI boom with green energy in new data centre strategy
Beijing’s new plan links data centres to renewables as power demand from high-end computing surges.
To ease pressure on electricity grids during peak hours, innovative technologies would be used to forecast consumption and renewable generation in real time, enabling data centres to use energy more flexibly, according to the plan. The move underscores China’s ambitions to dominate AI, a sector that is rapidly becoming a significant driver of economic growth but could pile pressure on electricity supplies. Power demand for AI computing could grow 43 per cent in 2025 compared to the previous year, according to a February report from the International Data Corporation (IDC) and Inspur Information.
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