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“ Alongside concerns such as latency( allowing for the delivery of speeddependent services such as edge computing) and sustainability, control over where data resides and is processed will define the data centre of the future.”
AI workloads driving electricity demand in data centres The expansion of AI deployments is creating pressure on data centre capacity and power consumption. Lenovo research shows that 90 % of IT decision-makers believe AI will increase organisational data usage over the next decade, but only 41 % admit their organisation is not prepared to integrate AI efficiently.
An International Energy Agency report projects that electricity demand from global data centres will more than double by 2030, with AI serving as the primary driver. Demand from AI-optimised data centres is expected to more than quadruple by the same date. Simone says:“ The rising use of AI by organisations is driving the creation of data – increasing the power
28 January 2026