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AI datacentres pose growing threat to electricity systems worldwide

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AI datacentres pose growing threat to electricity systems worldwide

UN News · Official source · Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC

Use of data-intensive technologies – in particular artificial intelligence (AI) data centres – is growing faster than electricity infrastructure can handle, the UN’s economic commission for Europe has warned, raising concerns about the future reliability and resilience of energy systems worldwide.